The Lone Ranger #76

(October 1954)

Indian Wampum (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

August Lenox

Pencils

August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Inks

August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Facts about Indian wampum (money made from shells).

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; half text-half art.

Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Indian wampum. (In the Lone Ranger, Oct. 1954, p. [2] of cover) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 26Aug54; B5-28610." ~Dave Porta

The Fight Over Death Gorge (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

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

Synopsis

Bandits rob a town, then hijack a railroad train to make their getaway.

Reprints

• in The Lone Ranger (Consolidated Press, 1954 series) #12 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

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

Silver Gets Through (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

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

Synopsis

Apaches attack Fort Mills. Silver (without the Lone Ranger) must carry a message to get help at Fort Hammer.

Reprints

• in The Lone Ranger (Consolidated Press, 1954 series) #12 (May 1955)
• in The Lone Ranger (Western, 1964 series) #7 (July 1967)
• in Ensomme Rytter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1977 series) #5 (1978)

Indexer Notes

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

The "Tommy Knockers" (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Thomas Murphy

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Wesley Kansas

Synopsis

Townspeople play a practical joke on blowhard Wesley Kansas.

Reprints

• in The Lone Ranger (Consolidated Press, 1954 series) #12 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December - Page 1497. Copyrighted as work for hire on August 26, 1954 by Western Printing & Lithographing.

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

Young Hawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Rex Maxon

Inks

Rex Maxon

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rain! And it looks like a soaker, Young Hawk!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Young Hawk; Little Buck

Synopsis

A flood on the Little Missouri River forces Young Hawk and Little Buck to take refuge on an island. After that island is submerged they float downstream to another island where they find a baby who has been lost in the storm.

Reprints

• in The Lone Ranger (Consolidated Press, 1954 series) #12 (May 1955), #12 (May 1955)

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Listed as a 10-page story in Du Bois' records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Play "KE" (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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Curtiss; Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)