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Issue Details

Issue #118
Published April 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Silver Anniversary Issue; The Lone Ranger's Life Story"

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis Portrait photo of Clayton Moore as Lone Ranger with decorative border
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Horse Sense story "breaking a horse to saddle"

Synopsis facts about breaking a horse to saddle
Genre western; fact
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes inside front cover; black and white
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #3

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "3 Ball Point Pens 3"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is three ballpoint pens; Also Dell’s Pledge to Parents

1 page advertisement "Free Acro-Pets"

Notes back cover; ad for Scotch Cellophane Tape. Premium is Acro-Pets

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Story of the Lone Ranger"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis A doubting Eastern reporter reminds Dan Reid of the story of the origin of the Lone Ranger.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes retelling of the origin of the Lone Ranger and Silver; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1

2 page story "The Story of Tonto"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Retelling of occasion when Capt. Reid and Tonto met as youths
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes "Origin" of Tonto; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1

2 page story "The Story of Silver"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Retelling of when the Lone Ranger and Tonto found Silver in Wild Horse Valley
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes "Origin" of Silver; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #6

2 page story "The Story of Dan Reid"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Retelling of how the Lone Ranger met Dan Reid, 13 years after Dan was orphaned in a wagon train raided by Apaches
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes "Origin" of Dan Reid; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "Alibi"

Synopsis Derek Wilson, on the run after being falsely accused of murder, has to decide whether to help a prospector near death in the desert.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with illustration

8 page Young Hawk story "What has gone before"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis A review of the travels of Young Hawk and Little Buck throughout North America during the 1500s.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes a review of the entire storyline of the feature; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

Half page Horse Sense story

Synopsis facts about wild stallions
Genre western; fact
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill

Half page advertisement "Ready...get set...for Spring"

Letters typeset
Notes 1/2 page illustrated ad for Jumping-Jacks Shoes; very small promo for March of Comics giveaways in ad.