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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published January 1968
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "The Telltale Bullet"

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger ducks back from a corner as a bullet splinters a board by his head.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #88 [with new logo]

1 page Tonto text story "His Tribe"

Synopsis half art-half text with information about Tonto’s youth.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; black and white
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger Movie Story (Dell) 1956

9 page The Lone Ranger story "The Telltale Bullet"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A doctor's son is wounded in a robbery and is told to lure the Lone Ranger and Tonto into an ambush at the doctor's office.
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
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #79

1 page text story "Safety First"

Synopsis Sam Holton is branded a coward for his safe but slow driving on the Star Stagecoach.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with 1/4 page illustration
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #108

4 page Small Bear story "The Outcast"

Characters Small Bear; Long Lance
Synopsis Crooked Bow is exiled from the Cheyenne for breaking "The Rule of the Hunt." He returns to steal the sacred white buffalo hide, but is stopped by Small Bear.
Genre western
Reprinted from Cheyenne (Dell, 1957 series) #8 (August-October 1958)

1 page Monster Museum filler "Titan Electric Eel"

Synopsis Drawings of four fanciful monsters: Titan Electric Eel, Giant Walking Eye, Mammoth Miummy, and Monster Moth
Genre monster
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Chuckle Time filler "But I am unmasked!"

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

1 page Quick Takes filler "Angel"

Synopsis four unrelated three-panel strips
Genre humor
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Mini-Comics story "The Golfing Witch"

Synopsis A 17 panel strip about a witch's attempt to play golf.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

5 page The Lone Ranger story "The Ambushers"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Tonto is kidnapped by two outlaws to use as bait for an ambush of the Lone Ranger.
Genre western
Notes original story

7 page The Lone Ranger story "Showdown at Cross Creek"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis Black Lance claims wagon trains are crossing Indian land and it is his right to attack them.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Original title: "When the Yellowlegs Strike"
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #139

1 page Jest for Fun activity Riddle: "Railroad Crossing...

Synopsis Contributions by Peggy Fry, Susan Johnson, Robin Eberle, Randal Morton, Heidi Pert, Brenda Lynn, Rusty Wyatt, Timothy Nolan, Kathleen Kerrick, Nancy Poese, Clarice Covington, Margaret Mack, Edward C. Paxton, Kenneth A. Gregory, Carl DeGrazio, Judith Fisher, and Rosa Anna Puente.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes riddles and jokes from readers with two illustratrions.

1 page Picture Dictionary text article "W wolf"

Synopsis facts about wolves.
Genre animal; fact
Letters typeset

1 page Tonto text story "His Weapons"

Synopsis half art-half text with information about Tonto’s weapons.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; black and white
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger Movie Story (Dell) 1956

1 page illustration "mountain lion"

Synopsis Color photograph of mountain lion diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text above.
Genre animal; fact
Pencils photograph
Inks photograph
Colors photograph
Notes back cover
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #44