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Issue Details

Issue #117
Published March 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger reaches for his gun when confronted by two men.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free Wallet with each new order!"

Characters Lone Ranger
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is vinyl wallet; also Dell’s Pledge to Parents

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Cornered Sheriff"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto help a sheriff who has been injured and can't fire a gun with his right hand.
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.

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Sergeant's Story"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto are aided by retired Army Sgt. Dennis in capturing a gang that is robbing Army supply wagon trains
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.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #5

1 page text story "Bandit Brother"

Synopsis Kirk Thompson suspect his older brother Roy of being part of the Coyote Gang
Genre western
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Notes text story with illustration
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #11

7 page Young Hawk story "Canoe Capture"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck are attack by a band of warriors and escape by taking their canoe and paddling down stream
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.

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Vanished Gold Dust"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto solve the robbery of prospector's gold dust in a cabin guarded by a vicious dog.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes #4 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) #6

1 page text article "The Lone Ranger Ranch"

Genre western
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Notes text article on the Lone Ranger Ranch in Simi Valley, Calif., where the Lone Ranger TV programs were filmed.

1 page story "Rifles of the West"

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis Facts on guns and rifles in the old west, “narrated” by the Lone Ranger.
Genre western; fact
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes inside back cover; black and white; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman’s personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #7

1 page advertisement "Draw Me!"

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Notes back cover; ad for Art Instruction, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.’s art course.