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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published February 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and an outlaw fight to reach a gun lying on a barrel.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)

1 page advertisement "Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan"

Characters Peter Pan
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Color illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Prices range from 29 cents to 98 cents.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #55

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Guns of Jeopardy"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A gang uses a hidden pass in the border mountains as a base to rob towns.
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 "Ranchers in Arms"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A band of train robbers trick ranchers into helping them stop a train carrying gold for the railroad track crew's payroll.
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.

2 page text story "The Great Horn Bow"

Characters White Bull; Little Hawk
Synopsis Little Hawk is allowed to use the Great Horn bow of his father, Chief White Bull.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Mike Sekowsky?
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Whaling Camp Spies"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck and their Sea People friends kill the whale they had harpooned earlier and bring it ashore. Later they capture Wakiash spies who are planning a raid on the whaling camp.
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 The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger's Origin"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (cameo); Scout (cameo)
Synopsis Lone Ranger's origin told. Also brief mention of origin of Silver.
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 promo (ad from the publisher) "Big News! 5 One Year Subscriptions Only $4.00"

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Notes Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics featuring very small cover reproductions of eight different comics--Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, The Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, New Funnies, Roy Rogers, Little Lulu, and Tarzan. Five one-year subscriptions for $4.00.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "George Mikan Sparks in Backboard Battle"

Characters George Mikan
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.