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Issue Details

Issue #119
Published May 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger takes refuge behind rock
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page story "Derringers"

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis factual strip about derringer guns “narrated” by the Lone Ranger
Genre western; fact
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes inside front cover; black and white; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman’s personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #3

1 page advertisement "Sam’s Lingo Lessons"

Genre teen
Letters typeset
Notes back cover; color illustrated ad for Seven-Up soft drink. Sentences translated into teen slang.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Ranger Jim's Ordeal"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Ranger Jim
Synopsis Ranger Jim, the caretaker of the Lone Ranger's silver mine, is taken hostage by outlaws.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Lone Ranger's silver mine is featured; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Unseen Intruder"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis An unseen assailant pistol whips an express clerk and robs the safe. The Lone Ranger must decide which of the men in town is the culprit.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes A "Solve the Mystery" story, but not titled as such; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page text story "Go Home Gunman"

Synopsis Doc Purdy bluffs gunfighter Hawk Norton into leaving town
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with illustration

7 page Young Hawk story "Hostage Exchange"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Traveling down a river in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico; Little Buck is captured by a hostile hunting party and is redeemed in an exchange with the hostile tribe's chief.
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.

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Missing Markers"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A gang stirs up trouble with the Cheyenne by removing boundary markers. They hope to draw the sheriff away from town before a big gold shipment arrives.
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.

Half page story "Brands"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Synopsis Facts about cattle branding "narrated" by the Lone Ranger.
Genre western; fact
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes bottom 1/3 page is promo for Dell's Tonto comic; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) Only two dared to enter "Dangerous Waters!"

Characters Tonto (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes promo for Dell's Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Tonto #31 is depicted.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Keys and Coins Always Safe"

Characters Lone Ranger
Notes inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic; Premium is key and coin case; also Dell’s Pledge to Parents