The Lone Ranger #87

(September 1955)

A Pledge to Parents (Table of Contents)

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

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Full page of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" box with some color.

Incident on the River (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

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Tom Gill

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

When government secrets are delivered to an foreign ambassador with diplomatic immunity, the Lone Ranger pretends to be a bandit to stop the stage and get the documents back.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Lone Ranger (Gold Key, 1964 series) #4 (August 1966)

Indexer Notes

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

The Herd Stealers (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

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Tom Gill

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Cattle rustlers disguise themselves as Indians. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, with the aid of Chief Red Eagle and his braves, hunt them down.

Indexer Notes

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

Jed's Boss (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

western

Characters:

Billy Butler

Synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old Billy Butler accidentally sees the face of a bank robber.

Indexer Notes

Text story with small illustration.

[Trapped by a Forest Fire] (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:

Traveling in the north woods, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Strong Eagle stop to hunt. Young Hawk is attacked by an Algonquin brave, but is rescued by Strong Eagle. A forest fire closes in on the group, but the Algonquin leads them to safety in a cave.

Indexer Notes

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

The Elk (Table of Contents)

Animals of the West / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

animals; fact

Synopsis:

Facts about great elk.

Indexer Notes

Half text-half art.

Need Extra Spending Money? (Table of Contents)

Stuart Greetings / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Stuart Greetings, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

[1955 Ford Scale Models Free] (Table of Contents)

Post; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Post Grape-Nuts Flakes breakfast cereal promoting in-box premium of 1955 Ford scale model plastic cars.