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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published March 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto fire their guns from behind a boulder.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Mars; Milky Way advertisement Man with a Winning "Way"

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Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Traitor in the Fold"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A trio of outlaws enlist renegade Light Feather to lead his braves against a wagon train.
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.

15 page The Lone Ranger story "The Blinding Storm"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Dublin gang kidnaps Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft, who are returning east after striking it rich in the gold fields of California. The Lone Ranger and Tonto track the gang through a snowstorm.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #21

2 page text story "The Wings of the Thunderbird"

Characters Chin Ko-mo; Cha-lee
Synopsis With the help of an old man, a young couple finds refuge at the top of a white mesa.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
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Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Banished"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish
Synopsis The Sea People fend off an attack by Waikish raiders, but Chief Blackfish is wounded. The rest of the hunting party decides that Young Hawk and Little Buck are bad luck and must leave. The two boys find a copper deposit and return to the Sea People to give them the location.
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 promo (ad from the publisher) "Gold Plated Free Key Chain Holder"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is gold-plated key chain holder.

1 page Daisy Air Rifles advertisement "Bill Starts an Air Rifle Club"

Characters Red Ryder (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Illustrated color ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Small drawing of Red Ryder on horseback. Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Carbine No. 111 depicted.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Sid Abel Sparks in Hockey Duel!"

Characters Sid Abel
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Chicago Black Hawk hockey player Sid Abel. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.