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Issue Details

Issue #86
Published August 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger puts his hands up as he is covered by a pair of Indians with rifles.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Your Wish Come True!"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is magnifying glass. Also includes Dell’s "A Pledge to Parents.”

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Ambush"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The managers of the Circle Bar Ranch have been stealing the ranch's cattle, but not enough to keep the ranch from turning a profit. When the ranch's absentee owners send an accountant for a routine audit, the managers panic because they don't have enough cash on hand to match the books. They plot to ambush the accountant before he can get to the ranch.
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.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Border Intrigue"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis An American outlaw and his gang join forces with a Mexican rebel in a plot to steal a large shipment of Army rifles and take them across the Rio Grande river to Mexico.
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.

1 page text story "Showdown"

Characters Pop Gordon; Chico Davis
Synopsis A showdown between Pop Gordon and the man he put in prison has an unexpected ending.
Genre western
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Notes Text story with very small illustration. First one-page text story in this series.

8 page Young Hawk story "Fishing for the Man-Sized Pike"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle
Synopsis While camping by a northern lake, Young Hawk rigs a fishing line to an arrow to shoot a huge northern pike.
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.

Half page Animals of the West filler "Old Man Badger"

Synopsis Facts about badgers.
Genre animals; fact
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Notes Half text-half art.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Lone Ranger’s Golden West"

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Notes Color promo with cover depiction of Dell Giant “The Lone Ranger’s Golden West“ #3.

1 page filler "The First Cattlemen"

Synopsis Facts about Spanish cowboys and Mexican vacqueros.
Genre western; fact
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Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half text-half art.

1 page Colonial Studios advertisement "Amazing Offer"

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Notes Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Colonial Studios, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.