Issue Details

Issue	#139
Published	April-May 1961
Cover Price	0.15
Pages	36
Notes	photo cover

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore); Silver
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) mounted on Silver.
Genre	western
Pencils	photo
Inks	photo
Colors	photo
Letters	typeset
Notes	photo cover

1 page advertisement "This is a Tigerhorse"

Notes

inside front cover; color ad for Kraft caramels candy featuring a fanciful hybrid animal.

1 page advertisement "204 Revolutionary War Soldiers"

Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover; color ad for plastic Revolutionary War toy soldiers. Only $1.98.

1 page advertisement "Start your Day the Storybook way with Twinkles"

Letters	typeset
Notes	back cover; color illustrated ad for Twinkles breakfast cereal, which comes in a “storybook” package.

10 page Lone Ranger, The story "The Stage Robber's Signal"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger and Tonto must discover how robbers know which stages crossing a barren waste are carrying valuables.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

4 page Lone Ranger, The story "The False Claim"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger must decide which prospector has the true claim to a strike.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill

1 page text story "The Suspect"

Synopsis	The fate of a man arrested for murder rests on the testimony of his nephew.
Genre	western
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with 1/6 page illustration

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Trade at the Exciting, Amazing, New Dell Trading Post"

Characters	Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Woody Woodpecker (cameo); Little Lulu (cameo); Tom (of Tom & Jerry) (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Notes	centerfold; Two page promo for the Dell Trading Post

7 page Lone Ranger, The story "When the Yellowlegs Strike"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Cheyenne chief Black Lance claims that wagon trains are crossing Indian land and he is entitled to attack them.
Genre	western
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #9 [retitled "Showdown at Cross Creek"]

7 page Young Hawk story "Young Hawk Meets the White Bear"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis	Young Hawk , Little Buck, and the Haida warrior Sea Eagle have sailed far north to the Bering Strait. Young Hawk kills a polar bear that attacks the Innuit hunter Maliktok.
Genre	western
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small
Notes	part of a continuing storyline

Half page advertisement "Zingy! Dreamy!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	ad for Jumping-Jacks Shoes

Half page advertisement "Boys Here's a Swell Way to Make $1 to $5 weekly."

Pencils	photos
Inks	photos
Colors	photos
Letters	typeset
Notes	ad for Grit newspaper