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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published October 1968
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis Two Indians with rifles have the Lone Ranger covered.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #86 [with new logo]

1 page advertisement "Explorer XIX"

Characters Cheerios Kid
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover; color; ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal. Explorer XIX sattelite featured, along with Cheerios Kid

5 page The Lone Ranger story "Renegade Guns"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger must find out if renegade Pawnees are using illegal rifles.
Genre western

1 page text story "A Button"

Synopsis Old Cal Mason is accused of murdering Sam Briggs.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes text story with small illustration
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #97

12 page The Lone Ranger story "The Smiling Dutchman"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis A Dutchman uses his pleasant demeanor to catch his victims off guard.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Story interrupted by four page Gold Key Comics Club section; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #69 [original title: "The Placid Dutchman"]

1 page Gold Key Comics Club News promo (ad from the publisher) "Jest a Minute - Thanks to You"

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

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

Synopsis five drawings of animals sent in by readers.
Genre animal
Pencils George Liptak; Russel Price; Richard Dziendzielewicz; Larry Poluk; John A. Brunt, Jr.
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

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

Synopsis four drawings of inventions sent in by readers.
Genre Fact
Pencils Billy Freytag; Dick Ward; David Zornes; and Brian Lundy
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

1 page Gold Key Club Comics filler "Jokes On You"

Synopsis Jokes contributed by Ann Levasseur, Dorene Kirking, Camille Weare, Jeanette Sokolowski, James Kelly, George Rowles, David Delcorde, Mark Coletti, Virigina Holloman, Vickie L.Davis, Pamela Koller, Don Rickett, Jr., Michelle Baldey, Susan Anderson, Gary Cormier, Heidi Williams, and Arnold Bates
Genre gags
Letters typeset
Notes part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

4 page Small Bear story "The Stranger"

Characters Small Bear; Long Lance
Synopsis A Pawnee brave pretends to be wounded in order to spy on Small Bear's camp.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman?
Reprinted from Cheyenne (Dell, 1957 series) #13 (November 1959-January 1960) [original title: "The Stranger in Camp"]

4 page The Lone Ranger story "The Stolen Stallion"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger must decide which Indian brave broke the peace and stole a white man's horse.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes A "Solve the Mystery" story
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #121

1 page Dinosauria text article "Protoceratops"

Synopsis article on protoceratops dinosaurs with three illustrations.
Genre animal; fact
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) Hi Kids! I'm "Cracky"...

Characters Cracky the parrot
Synopsis promo for The Golden Magazine children's magazine.
Letters typeset

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover; color; ad for Cheerful Card Company, (selling greeting cards)

1 page advertisement "Be a Big Winner"

Letters typeset
Notes back cover; ad for Sales Leadership Club (selling greeting cards)