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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published January 1969
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis Two gunmen get the drop on the Lone Ranger as he reaches for his gun.
Genre western
Pencils Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors Hank Hartman (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #100 [with new logo]

1 page advertisement "Learn to Draw in 15 easy lessons"

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Notes inside front cover; color; ad for Connecticut Home Study Institute (Home drawing course). Photo of Ake Skiold, European commercial artist.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger Unmasked"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger infiltrates the gang of "Rembrandt" Smith, a bad man with a knack for drawing.
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) #100

4 page Doc Hunter story "On the Run"

Characters Doc Hunter; Kimsley Bolt
Synopsis Doc Hunter is on the run from railroad baron Kimsley Bolt. He inadvertently saves one of his pursuers from a snake bite, then has to kill the man's partner.
Genre western
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

1 page Gold Key Comics Club News promo (ad from the publisher) "George of the Jungle"

Synopsis promo for Gold Key Comics Club activities.
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Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page illustration "Monsters"

Synopsis five drawings of monsters sent in by readers.
Genre monsters
Pencils Leroy Butler; Mark Howard Bowman; Paul Tschern; George Madlinger; John Herschkorn.
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Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Tell Mom and Dad about this Wonderful Gift Idea"

Synopsis promo for The Golden Magazine children’s magazine.
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Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Fighting Rangers text story "Captain John Hughes"

Synopsis biography of Capt. John Hughes of the Texas Rangers.
Genre western; bio
Pencils Jack Sparling?
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Notes text story with 1/8 page illustration

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Silver's Race"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger enters a "Land Rush" race to claim a river's source for a band of homesteaders.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #104

1 page Gold Key Club Comics text story "Jokes On You"

Synopsis Jokes contributed by Julia Clancy, Gerri Begay, Mark Goeman, Paul Stiles, Alexis Gillespie, Laura Hunt, Elizabeth Scanlon, James A. Marshall, Jr., Herbert Ah Kwong Yuen, April Walker, Delbert Stone, Noreen Mailoux, Kevin Miller, Tommy Heldreth, Debra May, Robin Hagen, Maria Potenza, Burry Menzelefsky, Mike Munn, and Edyth A. Donaldson.
Genre gags
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1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Here It is, Comic Fans..."

Synopsis promo for various Gold Key Comics with cover repros.
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1 page advertisement Mighty "Matchbox"

Notes inside back cover, color; ad in strip form for Matchbox toy cars.

1 page advertisement "Win $1,000 College Scholarship"

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Notes back cover; ad for Junior Sales Cub of America (selling greeting cards)