The Lone Ranger #56

(February 1953)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Characters:

Peter Pan

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #55 (January 1953)

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.

Guns of Jeopardy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

A gang uses a hidden pass in the border mountains as a base to rob towns.

Indexer Notes

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

Ranchers in Arms (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

A band of train robbers trick ranchers into helping them stop a train carrying gold for the railroad track crew's payroll.

Indexer Notes

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

The Great Horn Bow (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky ?

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

White Bull; Little Hawk

Synopsis:

Little Hawk is allowed to use the Great Horn bow of his father, Chief White Bull.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.

[Whaling Camp Spies] (Table of Contents)

Young Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Jon Small

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish

Synopsis:

Young Hawk and Little Buck and their Sea People friends kill the whale they had harpooned earlier and bring it ashore. Later they capture Wakiash spies who are planning a raid on the whaling camp.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

The Lone Ranger's Origin (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Lone Ranger's origin told. Also brief mention of origin of Silver.

Indexer Notes

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

Big News! 5 One Year Subscriptions Only $4.00 (Table of Contents)

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

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics featuring very small cover reproductions of eight different comics--Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, The Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, New Funnies, Roy Rogers, Little Lulu, and Tarzan. Five one-year subscriptions for $4.00.

George Mikan Sparks in Backboard Battle (Table of Contents)

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

sports

Characters:

George Mikan

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.