The Lone Ranger #55

(January 1953)

Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan (Table of Contents: 1)

Whitman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

All those wonderful characters from Walt Disney's Peter Pan movie are yours to play with, to read about, to color and paint.

Characters

Peter Pan

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Color illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Prices range from 29 cents to 98 cents.

Death in the Forest (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Job Number

L.R.#55-531

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rein in, Jim! Rein in!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis

A bandit gang hides in the forest where they kill an old man and take Tonto hostage.

Reprints

• in El Llanero Solitario (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #1 (Abril de 1953)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

A Word of Advice (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pull your cayuses out of the way pronto!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse; Scout (horse)

Synopsis

Two brothers gun down a pair of notorious outlaws in self-defense. One becomes a sheriff and rancher while the other seems to have become a gunfighter.

Reprints

• in El Llanero Solitario (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #1 (Abril de 1953)

The Castle of Sticks (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Jon Small

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Little Owl set down his two big water gourds, to rest and catch his breath.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Owl; Yellow Blossom; Strong Bow

Synopsis

A young Indian boy invents a type of mobile protection from attack by Apache arrows.

Reprints

• in El Llanero Solitario (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #1 (Abril de 1953)

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.
Artwork first credited to Mike Sekowsky with a question mark.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Young Hawk / comic story / 9.8 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Rex Maxon

Inks

Rex Maxon

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ark! Yarrr---oooo!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish

Synopsis

Young Hawk and Little Buck and their guide Raven visit a village of the Coast People. They watch the building of a sea-going canoe and later go on a whale hunt.

Reprints

• in El Llanero Solitario (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #1 (Abril de 1953)

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "The Whale Hunt."
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Helen Meyer (credited) (business manager)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1952. No circulation figures given.

Give a Christmas Gift That Will Bring Good Cheer Every Month In the Year! (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Lone Ranger (cameo); Santa Claus (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fred Harman (signed as Fred Harman); ?

Inks

Fred Harman (signed as Fred Harman); ?

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rope this famous Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine for Christmas, Pardner!

Characters

Red Ryder (cameo); Little Beaver (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Illustrated color ad for Daisy Air Rifles featuring two small drawings by Fred Harman and art by other artist(s). Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 111, Daisy Defender No. 141, Daisy Pump Gun No. 25, and Daisy Gravity Repeater No. 155 models depicted.

Touchdown! Doak Walker Sparks for Lions! (Table of Contents: 9)

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The day before a big game.

Genre

sports

Characters

Doak Walker

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Detroit Lions quarterback Doak Walker. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.