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Issue Details

Issue #103
Published January 1957
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Dan Reid
Genre western
Pencils Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors Hank Hartman (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page Kool-Aid advertisement "Summer, winter, spring, and fall, Kids love Kool-Aid best of All!"

Notes inside front cover; color illustrated ad for Kool-Aid drink mix.

12 page Lone Ranger, The story "Ambush at Bryant's Gap"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis Collins, released after serving 15 years for leading six Texas Rangers into an ambush by the Cavendish gang at Bryant's Gap; returns there to hide out after a robbery.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes References to Lone Ranger's origin; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "The Covered Wagon Wrangle"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A headstrong Calvary Lieutenant learns that it is better to ask questions first, then act.
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.

1 page text story "The Stranger"

Synopsis Jed Whimple wants the Sheriff to arrest a stranger in Pecosville, claiming he is a wanted criminal.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story. no illustration.

7 page Young Hawk story "Tropical Island"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis The Onondagas fight off an attack of hostile Indians, but many are injured. They send Young Hawk and Little Buck off in the sailing canoe to find a safe island, but the pair are driven far south and east by a storm and end up on a Caribbean island.
Genre fact; western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes part of a continuing storyline; bottom 1/3 of last page is Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1956. No circulation figures given; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership"

Genre Postal Document
Letters typeset
Notes Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1956. No circulation figures given.

Half page filler "The Swivel Holster"

Synopsis facts about swivel holsters for guns in the old west.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes short illustrated article

Half page Smith Brothers Cough Drops advertisement "We Love Those Cough Drops"

Notes illustrated ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops.

1 page Erector Sets; Gilbert Chemistry Sets; Gilbert Microscope Sets advertisement "Have Fun"

Notes inside back cover; illustrated color ad for Gilbert Erector Sets, Chemistry Sets, and Microscope Sets.

1 page Daisy Air Rifles advertisement "Pick Your Christmas Daisy from These..."

Genre western
Notes back cover; illustrated color ad for Daisy Air Rifles.