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Issue Details

Issue #58
Published April 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse)
Synopsis With a train bearing down on them on a trestle, the Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver to rescue Tonto, who is lying on the tracks.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Mars; Milky Way advertisement "I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter!"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; color; illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

20 page The Lone Ranger story "The Smiling Caballero"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Juan Lopez, the Smiling Caballero, gains others' trust before robbing them and rustling their cattle.
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.

15 page The Lone Ranger story "Shadow of Death"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto take a doctor to stop a diphtheria epidemic in an Apache village.
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 "Horses for Orani"

Characters Wind Maiden
Synopsis Navajo girl Wind Maiden fools some Paiutes and captures their horses.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Trees for Sails"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish
Synopsis After leading the Sea People to the lode of copper they had discovered, Young Hawk and Little Buck take a dozen men to recover the canoes the Waikish had stolen.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Last appearance of The Raven and Chief Blackfish. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hi-Yo Kids! Here’s your Official Dell Comics Club Pen!"

Characters Lone Ranger
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #61

1 page Whitman advertisement "Go Ahead...You Can Really Pet the Fuzzy Yellow Cat!"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-A-Tale children's books.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race"

Characters Gretchen Fraser
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Olympic slalom skier Gretchen Fraser.