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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published July 1968
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto use a fallen tree for cover as they fire their guns.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #90 [with new logo]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Cheer! Cheer! The gang's all here..."

Characters Mickey Mouse (cameo); Three Little Pigs (cameo); Daisy Duck (cameo); Huey, Dewey, and Louis (cameo)
Synopsis promo for the first issue of Gold Key's Walt Disney Comics Digest with cover repro.
Genre Western
Pencils Tony Strobl (& others)
Inks Tony Strobl (& others)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; black and white

5 page The Lone Ranger story "Distress Signal"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Robbers try to force a telegraph operator to wire an express train to stop at a station, so they can rob it.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes one of the few Tom Gill stories of this era which was not a reprint.

1 page text story "Bandit Brother"

Synopsis Kirk Thompson suspects his older brother Roy of being part of the Coyote Gang.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #117

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Carrier Pigeon"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Black Owl's braves are raiding villages along the Pecos for money to buy information about the Army forts in the area.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Story interrupted by four page Gold Key Comics Club section; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #74

1 page Gold Key Comics Club News promo (ad from the publisher) "Knock! Knock!"

Synopsis promo for Gold Key Comics Club activities.
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

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

Synopsis four drawings of animals sent in by readers.
Genre animal
Pencils Scott Reyell; Frank Norton; Michael Kazmer; David Lanning
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

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

Synopsis three drawings of airplanes sent in by readers.
Genre fact
Pencils Charles Jose Jones; Frank MacIntosh; Dennis Regan
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Gold Key Club Comics filler "Jokes On You"

Synopsis Jokes sent in by: Patrick Bragg, Scott Hannah, Ricky Largin, Vincent Maiello, Sandra L. Kay, Pamela Middleton, Dominic Fulco III, Karen Statezny, Jean Hourihan, Gwen Bryant,Jamed D. RIckard, Jody Knoell, Linda Caspary, Cathy Rose, Gerald Romanzin, Jerry Prock, Roberta Greenwell,and Ricky Fleehart.
Genre gags
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

4 page Small Bear story in "The Fire Arrows"

Characters Small Bear
Synopsis Strong Bear leads his Cheyenne tribe in search of grass for their horses, only to find the way blocked by Pawnee braves.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman ?
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Reprinted from Cheyenne (Dell, 1957 series) #6

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Unwanted Gun"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A card shark is murdered after winning a large pot and the Lone Ranger must decide which of the other card players is guilty.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill ?
Notes A "Solve the Mystery" story, though not billed as such.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #125

1 page Mini-Comics story "Rooster"

Synopsis Two eight panel strips. One features a rooster crowing at sunrise, the other a clumsy skiier.
Genre humor
Letters typeset

1 page Dinosauria text article "Iguanodon"

Synopsis article on Iguanodon dinosaurs with three illustrations.
Genre animal; fact
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Sweet Music From Gold Key Comics"

Characters Woody Woodpecker (cameo), Daffy Duck (cameo), Bugs Bunny (cameo)
Synopsis promo for various Gold Key comics
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white

1 page advertisement "3 Complete Fishing Outfits"

Letters typeset
Notes back cover; ad for Niresk Discount Sales, Chicago, selling fishing kits.