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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published September 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis An outlaw has Tonto covered as the two walk down a street toward where the Lone Ranger is waiting in ambush.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Lone Ranger Fans!"

Characters Lone Ranger
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is American flag ring.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Home-Coming"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A dozen young Confederate soldiers return to Morgan's Gap at the end of the Civil War, only to receive a cool reception from the townspeople. Meanwhile the Lone Ranger and Tonto try to convince a young Indian chief not to break the peace.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Even though the soldiers are supposed to have served in "General Lee's" Army, their uniforms are colored blue instead of gray. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

15 page The Lone Ranger story "The Sheriff's Son"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A sheriff's son, falsely imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, returns to his home town to find his former girlfriend's brother trying to make trouble for him.
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.

2 page text story "A Life for a Life"

Characters Tom Weller; Hosteen Nezh
Synopsis A cattleman is repaid for his kindness to three Indians dying of thirst.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’s personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Little Brother, the Hawk"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Neekoota
Synopsis Caught in a snowstorm while wintering in what is now Yellowstone Park, Young Hawk finds a half-frozen hawk with a broken wing and nurses it to health.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. First appearance of "Little Brother," Young Hawk's pet hawk. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois's personal records.

1 page filler "Indian Calumets"

Synopsis Facts about Indian calumets (smoking pipes).
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Half text; half art.

1 page Whitman advertisement "Have lots of Fun..."

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman Toys and Games.

1 page Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! advertisement "C'mon, Spark Up!" Said Stan Musial

Characters Stan Musial
Genre sports
Notes Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial. Ad includes photo of Musial. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties" series.