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Issue Details

Issue #62
Published August 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger swings from a rope to hit an outlaw in the face with his boots.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli ? (painting)

1 page Whitman advertisement "More Pages! More Pictures! More Fun!"

Characters Bugs Bunny (cameo); Howdy Doody (cameo); Flash Gordon (cameo); Tom & Jerry (cameo); Elizabeth Taylor (photo, cameo); Goofy (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman coloring and activity books. Covers of eight books depicted.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Paroled Man"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis When a rancher unexpectedly dies in his sleep, his ranch goes to his son, who was just paroled from prison. A rival rancher tries to frame the son for rustling.
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 "Dawn Attack"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis An obnoxious young man overhears a member of a wagon train plotting an attack with Indians, but no one will believe him.
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 Medicine Shirt...."

Characters Little Wolf
Synopsis A Pueblo Indian boy uses armor from a long-dead Spanish explorer to scare off Apache raiders.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Preparing for Winter"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Neekoota
Synopsis While exploring the Yellowstone Park area, Little Buck stumbles over his dog Tumbleweed and breaks his leg. Young Hawk returns to their camp to find that the girl Neekoota has been joined by an old woman and a young boy. The group sets up a new camp near a hot spring and builds lodges to spend the winter.
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.

Half page filler "Buffalo Run"

Synopsis Facts about how the Indians hunted buffalo.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Mostly text with one illustration.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "5 One Year Subscriptions..Only $4.50"

Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for eight Dell Comics. No art. Relates to promo on the facing page, which is the inside back cover.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics Special"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo); Tarzan (cameo); Bugs Bunny (cameo); Little Lulu (cameo); Tubby (cameo); Roy Rogers (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics featuring portions of the covers of eight Dell titles. Subscription forms are on the facing page, the last interior page of the comic.

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! advertisement "Spark Up if you want to be a catcher!" Said Yogi Berra

Characters Yogi Berra
Genre sports
Notes Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. Ad includes photo of Berra with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.