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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published October 1969
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto fire their guns from the cab of a locomotive.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #70 [with new logo]

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; color; ad for Cheerful Card Company, White Plains,NY. (Selling Greeting cards)

9 page The Lone Ranger story "Terror on the Tracks"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Old railroad engineer Jenkins comes out of retirement to help the Lone Ranger, Tonto, and townspeople stop an Indian attack on a train.
Genre western; period
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #121

1 page Fighting Rangers text story "Harry C. Wheeler"

Synopsis biography of Harry C. Wheeler of the Arizona Rangers.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration

4 page Zachariah Yankee Peddler story "Bad Luck Charm"

Characters Zachariah
Synopsis Zachariah has to overcome hostile indians, a flood-swollen creek, and a runaway horse when he tries to get a wampum belt from the Mohawks.
Genre western
Pencils Hy Eisman?; Frank Thorne?
Inks Hy Eisman?

1 page Gold Key Comics Club News promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch for Dark Shadows..."

Synopsis promo for Gold Key Comics Club activities featuring panel reprints from Magnus, Robot Fighter and the Flintstones
Pencils Russ Manning (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

Half page Gold Key Club Comics story "Mini-Comics"

Synopsis A tail-biting dinosaur gets his just desserts.
Genre humor

Half page advertisement "Souped-up Coupe"

Notes ad for Revell model kits featuring 1951 Henry J Drag Coupe

1 page advertisement "Top-Hit Records"

Notes ad for Young America Record Club. 15 "Oldies and Goodies" 45 rpm records free with membership.

1 page Gold Key Club Comics text story "Jokes On You"

Synopsis Jokes contributed by Kim Williams, Jacques Lavoie, Clark Bennett, Terri Elderton, Henry Ngo, James Logan, Imelda Cachero, StacyWorkman, Linda Lombardi, Robert Morse, Brenda Sheehan, Kathy Falk, Lisa Kraus, Robin Russell, Stan Konefat, Mike Morgan, Helen Jenkins, Keith Ellis, Cheryl Gaines and Nancy Kelly, LeeAnn Stedman, Kathy Rich, and John Kaschak.
Genre gags
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Unexpected"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Scarface Bleeker is the "King of Crime" because each of the members of his gang is a specialist at a line of crime.
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 from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #71

1 page Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page illustration "Animals"

Synopsis five drawings of animals sent in by readers.
Genre animal
Pencils Albert Maynes; Kevin Vermette; LeeEvans; Sherri Patterson; Kim Kerker
Letters typeset

1 page advertisement "Famous Name Prizes or Cash"

Letters typeset
Notes ad for Olympic Sale Club, Inc. (selling greeting cards)

1 page advertisement "Amazing $1 Art Offer"

Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; color; ad for Colonial Studios offering art prints.

1 page advertisement "Be a Sales Leader..."

Letters typeset
Notes back cover; ad for Sales Leadership Club (selling greeting cards)