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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published June 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger, mounted on a rearing Silver, fires at outlaws.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #10

1 page Whitman; Tell-A-Tale Books advertisement "Everybody Loves Tell-a-Tale Books"

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Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman 15 cent Tell-a-Tale books.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Night Stage"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A banker tips off a gang about night shipments of cash that are being carried by the stagecoach.
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 "The Flame"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A land speculator imports a Mexican bandit called El Flamenco ("The Flame"), who specializes in burning down ranches, in order to get land on the proposed route of a railroad.
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 "Gray Hawk’s Inheritance"

Characters Gray Hawk; Tall Cloud; Strong Bull; Kicking Horse
Synopsis Gray Hawk must wrestle Strong Bull to win the hand of the fair Prairie Dove.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
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Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "The Smoking Mountain"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck make their way up a volcanic mountain in Oregon during an eruption. They receive a sign to travel north. They build a canoe and go down a tributary to the Columbia River.
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 filler "The Plainsman"

Synopsis Facts about plainsmen of the early west.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan?
Notes Half text, half art.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! If You Subscribe Now to Lone Ranger Comics!"

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Notes Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is group picture of Dell Comic characters.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Scooter" Phil Rizzuto Sparks Yankees

Characters Phil Rizzuto
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring New York Yankees second baseman Phil Rizzuto. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.