The Lone Ranger #84

(June 1955)

Play "KE" (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Characters:

Lone Ranger (cameo)

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• from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #71 (May 1954) [in black and white]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is “KE” puzzle game.

The Ghost Riders (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 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:

Outlaws discover a "luminous phosphorus-like salt" in a cave and use it on their clothes to become "Ghost Riders."

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• in The Lone Ranger (Gold Key, 1964 series) #16 (December 1969)

Indexer Notes

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

The Impostor (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 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:

Outlaw Mac James takes discharged Army soldier Ben Thorpe's calvary cape and hat and discharge papers and leaves him unconscious on the railroad tracks.

Indexer Notes

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

Maverick King (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Tom Gill ?

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Tom Gill ?

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Tuck Strong; Burt Strong; Slash Doran

Synopsis:

A maverick bull stops rustlers from stealing a herd of cattle.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.

[The Giant Turtle] (Table of Contents)

Young Hawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Jon Small

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Jon Small

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle

Synopsis:

A wolverine chases a bear away from Young Hawk's deer meat. Strong Eagle then kills the wolverine. Later, Young Hawk rescues their dog Tumbleweed from a giant snapping turtle.

Indexer Notes

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

The Gourd Lamp of the Rappahannock Indians (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.67 page (report information)

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Chief Red Thunder Cloud of the Catawba Nation (signed)

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Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

Facts about Indian gourd lamps.

Indexer Notes

Half text-half art. Red Thunder Cloud (1920-1996) is an actual person, not a pseudonym.

Lone Ranger Fans! (Table of Contents)

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

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Characters:

Silver (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Color promo for Dell’s Hi-Yo Silver comic. Line drawing of the painted cover of Hi-Yo Silver #14 depicted.

The Black Hills (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

Facts about the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white; Half text-half art. Bottom of page contains Dell’s "A Pledge to Parents.”

Yippee! Ride it Cowboy! (Table of Contents)

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn Corvette depicted. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.