Lone Ranger (1964 Gold Key) comic books 1965-1967
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Issue #2
Published Sep 1965 by Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
Cover art by Ernest Nordli. Stand-Ins for Murder, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A pair of outlaws impersonate the Lone Ranger and Tonto and pull off a string of crimes. Facts about the Sequoia and Redwood trees of California. Garland's Grudge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Railroad construction foreman Bill Yates is shot by Garland, a worker he had fired. The Law Lady, art by Tom Gill; When the Sheriff of Comstock is murdered, his widow takes the job. Back cover Lone Ranger pin-up by Ernest Nordli. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 1965 by Gold Key/Whitman.$2.50
Painted cover art. The Most Daring Disguise, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger disguises himself as General Custer to fool the Sioux. On the Dodge, script by Paul S.Newman, art by Tom Gill; Clint Dawes says he has an old land charter claiming a large area now settled by others; He calls them squatters and burns them out if they don't leave. The Warning Brand, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Rustlers interrupt a ranch crew branding cattle and take three cowboys hostage. Facts about derringer guns narrated by the Lone Ranger. Color photograph of Grant Caribou diorama courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. with a few lines of text below. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #4
Published Apr 1965 by Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
Cover art by Hank Hartman. Facts about cowboy boots. Incident on the River, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; When government secrets are delivered to a foreign ambassador with diplomatic immunity, the Lone Ranger pretends to be a bandit to stop the stage and get the documents back. Disaster Bridge, art by Tom Gill; Riden Hutchins and his gang plan to brow up a railroad trestle when a train carrying 50 Army soldiers and a gold shipment crosses it. The Buffalo Hunt, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto are mistaken for scouts for buffalo hunters who are trespassing on Cheyenne hunting grounds. Illustrated article on a night horses ability to avoid danger in the dark during a cattle drive. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #6
Published Apr 1966 by Gold Key/Whitman.$2.50
Facts about Stagecoach stations in the Old West. The Renegade Leader, art by Tom Gill; Blonde, long-haired, Karl Keil leads a band of outlaws and renegade Indians on attacks on wagon trains. The Ice Bridge, art by Jon Small; In late winter, Small Bear and his hunting party must fend off a band of Ute warriors. Drawings of four fanciful monsters: The Vacuum Beast, The Vise-Jawed Monster, The Sea Devil, and The Hyno-Bug. The Story of Silver. Tell-Tale Trail; The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail a band of robber by a trail of flour leaked from a bag. The Vanished Gold Dust, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto solve the robbery of a prospector's gold dust from a cabin guarded by a vicious dog. Facts about small tropical fish called Grunts. Facts about Stage Coaches in the Old West. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #7
Published Jul 1966 by Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
Cover art by Hank Hartman. Facts about rifles and their uses in the old West, narrated by the Lone Ranger. Silver Gets Through, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Apaches attack Fort Mills. Silver (without the Lone Ranger) must carry a message to get help at Fort Hammer. Till the Rope is Cut; Small Bear and three Dog Soldiers delay a Crow raiding party. Facts about the invention of the electromagnet. Drawings of four fanciful monsters: The Machine Monster, The Tendril Monster, The Storm Monster, and the Turtle-nocerous. The Restless One, art by Tom Gill; The story of Geronimo, chief of the Apache Indians. The Siege; A band of outlaws is holding hostages in an express office after a botched robbery; The Lone Ranger and Tonto hide in barrels to get into the building. The Blocked Train, art by Tom Gill; 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 in the chase. Facts about Stirrups on a saddle. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #8
Published Oct 1966 by Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
$6.00
$2.50
Painted cover art. Facts about six-guns and gun fighting. The Haunted Mine; The Lone Ranger and Tonto save an Indian from a lynching and find the real crook hiding in a "haunted" mine. The Terrorized Town, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto single-handedly defend a town, who Marshall has been shot, from a gang of outlaws. Drawings of five fanciful monsters: The Lead-toed Micro-Monster; Shoecritter, Track Monster, Caboose-Papooser, and The Cow-Catcher Catcher. Sign of Scorn, art by Jon Small; Small Bear and his Cheyenne hunting party have to recover their stolen horses from the Comanche Indians. The Dangerous Escort, art by Tom Gill; A wildlife photographer holds the key to finding thieves who stole a band of Indian horses. Facts about gaur, wild oxen of India. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #9
Published Jan 1967 by Gold Key/Whitman.$6.60
$2.50
Painted cover art. Fact page on Tontos youth. The Telltale Bullet, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A doctor's son is wounded in a robbery and is told to lure the Lone Ranger and Tonto into an ambush at the doctor's office. The Outcast; Crooked Bow is exiled from the Cheyenne for breaking "The Rule of the Hunt"; He returns to steal the sacred white buffalo hide, but is stopped by Small Bear. Drawings of four fanciful monsters: Titan Electric Eel, Giant Walking Eye, Mammoth Miummy, and Monster Moth. The Ambushers; Tonto is kidnapped by two outlaws to use as bait for an ambush of the Lone Ranger. Showdown at Cross Creek, art by Tom Gill; Black Lance claims wagon trains are crossing Indian land and it is his right to attack them. Facts about wolves. Fact page about about Tontos weapons. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #10
Published Apr 1967 by Gold Key/Whitman.$405.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Significant scratch(es) front or back
- File Copy
- Label #0754315002
$6.00
Last 12-cent cover price issue. Cover art by Ernest Nordli. The Sacred Cave; The Lone Ranger and Tonto must recover some maverick steers that Apaches have penned inside a sacred cave. Reward for Sam, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Old Tom Snyder's will leaves his ranch to a black and white dog and his owner Alkali Pickens; A pair of two-bit outlaws plot to kill Pickens and assume his identity. Facts about South American Kinkajous. Article on Styracosaurus dinosaurs. Small Bear's Last Fight, art by Jon Small; Small Bear and Long Lance are captured by Crows and forced to fight each other. The Cave-In; Ranger Jim, who works the Lone Ranger's silver mine, is trapped by a cave-in and Dan Reid must get help. One-page text story, Good Samaritan. Stories are reprinted from 1948 Dell series. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
