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Issue Details

Issue #116
Published February 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger reaches for his guns as he steps off a board sidewalk.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page story "Plants of the West"

Synopsis facts about desert plants
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Notes inside front cover; black and white; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman’s personal records.

1 page advertisement "Hans and Greta"

Genre teen
Letters typeset
Notes back cover; ad for Seven-Up soft drink. Retelling of Hansel & Gretel story in teen slang, with illustrations.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Great Stage Race"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Dan Kentown uses gunmen to stop a rival stage line's shipments.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Unusual in that horses are killed by gunfire; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Blocked Train"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail train robbers to a town. The mystery is how they identify the robber's horses without having seen them during the chase.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes #3 in "Solve the Mystery" series; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #7

7 page Young Hawk story "Landslide defense"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck follow a river in a deep canyon in Mexico. They start a landslide to escape an ambush by strange warriors.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing storyline; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page text story "Backfire"

Synopsis Practical joker Gilly Ward thinks bank robbery is just a joke played on him.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with illustration
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #6

9 page The Lone Ranger story "Dan Reid's Ordeal"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis Dan Reid interrupts an Indian shaman trying to make a bulletproof shirt and is taken prisoner.
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.

Half page story "The Prairie Dog"

Synopsis facts about prairie dogs
Genre animals; fact
Script Paul S. Newman
Notes bottom 1/3 is promo for Dell's Tonto comic; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) How will Tonto get "Into the Enemy Camp"?

Characters Tonto (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes promo for Dell’s Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover to Tonto #30 is depicted.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "You Need It!"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is Dell Comic Pocket Picture Holder; Also Dell’s Pledge to Parents