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Issue Details

Issue #112
Published October 1957
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes First photo cover in series.

Cover Details

Characters Clayton Moore (as The Lone Ranger, photo); Silver (horse, photo)
Synopsis Clayton Moore as Lone Ranger on rearing Silver
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes First photo cover in series.

1 page advertisement "Wear the Jeans of Cowboy Champions"

Notes inside front cover; Ad in comic form for Blue Bell Wranglers jeans.

12 page Lone Ranger, The story "Trapped in the Lone Ranger's Cabin"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Ranger Jim
Synopsis Outlaws stumble on the cabin fronting the Lone Ranger's silver mine and hold Jim hostage. Dan Reid hides in the mine shaft, which is hidden by a secret door in the cabin.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Lone Ranger's silver mine featured; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (March 2002).

1 page text story "Desert Message"

Synopsis Dan Orton is kidnapped by Gus Gunnel, but is saved by his knowledge of Hopi sand painting.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with small illustration

8 page Young Hawk story "Escaping the Conquistadors"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck ride their new horses inland from the coast and escape an ambush by Spanish conquistadors.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing series; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records (March 2002).

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "The Refuge"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Bob Grant has a change of heart after taking part in a raid on the town and leaves his gang to take refuge in an old abandoned Spanish church.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (March 2002).

Half page text article "The Coyote"

Synopsis Facts about the coyote.
Genre fact; animals
Letters typeset
Notes Short article with illustration.

Half page advertisement "Free Comic Booklet Free"

Notes illustrated ad for Jumping Jacks shoes

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free ”KE” Puzzle"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; color promo for subscriptions to Dell’'s Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is a “KE” Puzzle.

1 page advertisement "Pardner... ...Here's a real bike!"

Notes back cover; illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn Corvette depicted.