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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published October 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "The Haunted Mine"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A gunman hides behind a door as Tonto holds a lantern and the Lone Ranger enters with his gun drawn.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #85 [with new logo]

1 page story "Six-Gun Showdown"

Synopsis facts about six-guns and gunfighting
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill?
Inks Tom Gill & assistants
Notes inside front cover; black and white
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #136

5 page The Lone Ranger story "The Haunted Mine"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto save an Indian from a lynching and find the real crook hiding in a "haunted" mine.
Genre western

1 page text story "Fourflusher"

Synopsis Thad Burton pretends to be a rich man to cheat Caleb Smith, owner of the Pecos Hotel.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #113

8 page The Lone Ranger story "The Terrorized Town"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto single-handedly defend a town, who Marshall has been shot, from a gang of outlaws.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill (& assistants)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #142

1 page Monster Museum filler "Lead-toed Micro Monster"

Synopsis Drawings of five fanciful monsters: The Lead-toed Micro-Monster; Shoecritter, Track Monster, Caboose-Papooser, and The Cow-Catcher Catcher.
Genre monster
Pencils Vic Lockman?
Inks Vic Lockman?
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Jest for Fun activity Riddle: "What Belongs...

Synopsis Contributions by Linda Sargent, Ray Walden, Frank Fernandez, Jeff Buchanan, Leon Bessonette, Nancy Folkerts, Joy L. Poole, Linwood Erickson, Janet Jordan, Jeremy Vogel, Vickie Silvey, Diodata Frank, Curtis Lippe, Ann Hertelendy, Cris and Lisa Miller, Donald Reinke, and David Weisel.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes riddles and jokes from readers with two illustratrions; part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Mini-Comics story "The Near-Sighted Eagle"

Synopsis A 17 panel strip about a near-sighted eagle
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Chuckle Time filler "Fore"

Synopsis four unrelated panel cartoons
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

4 page Small Bear story "Sign of Scorn"

Characters Small Bear
Synopsis Small Bear and his Cheyenne hunting party have to recover their stolen horses from the Comanches.
Genre western
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Reprinted from Cheyenne (Dell, 1957 series) #7 (May-July 1958)

8 page The Lone Ranger story "The Dangerous Escort"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A wildlife photographer holds the key to finding thieves who stole a band of Indian horses.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #140

1 page Quick Takes filler "Bee"

Synopsis four unrelated three-panel strips
Genre humor
Letters typeset

1 page Picture Dictionary text article "G Gaur"

Synopsis facts about gaur, wild oxen of India
Genre animal; fact
Letters typeset

1 page Ways of the West text story "Blizzard and Locoweed"

Synopsis facts about Sheepherders’ problems with blizzards and locoweed
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #93

1 page illustration "mountain goat"

Synopsis Color photograph of mountain goat diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.
Genre animal; fact
Pencils photograph
Inks photograph
Colors photograph
Notes back cover
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #39