The Lone Ranger #116

(February 1958)

Plants of the West (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Synopsis:

facts about desert plants

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; black and white; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman’s personal records.

Hans and Greta (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Indexer Notes

back cover; ad for Seven-Up soft drink. Retelling of Hansel & Gretel story in teen slang, with illustrations.

The Great Stage Race (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lone Ranger; Tonto

Synopsis:

Dan Kentown uses gunmen to stop a rival stage line's shipments.

Indexer Notes

Unusual in that horses are killed by gunfire; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

The Blocked Train (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lone Ranger; Tonto

Synopsis:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail train robbers to a town. The mystery is how they identify the robber's horses without having seen them during the chase.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Lone Ranger (Gold Key, 1964 series) #7 (July 1967)

Indexer Notes

#3 in "Solve the Mystery" series; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

[Landslide defense] (Table of Contents)

Young Hawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Jon Small

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Young Hawk; Little Buck

Synopsis:

Young Hawk and Little Buck follow a river in a deep canyon in Mexico. They start a landslide to escape an ambush by strange warriors.

Indexer Notes

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

Backfire (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

Synopsis:

Practical joker Gilly Ward thinks bank robbery is just a joke played on him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Lone Ranger (Gold Key, 1964 series) #6 (April 1967)

Dan Reid's Ordeal (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid

Synopsis:

Dan Reid interrupts an Indian shaman trying to make a bulletproof shirt and is taken prisoner.

Indexer Notes

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

The Prairie Dog (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul S. Newman

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

animals; fact

Synopsis:

facts about prairie dogs

Indexer Notes

bottom 1/3 is promo for Dell's Tonto comic; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

How will Tonto get "Into the Enemy Camp"? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tonto (cameo)

Indexer Notes

promo for Dell’s Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover to Tonto #30 is depicted.

You Need It! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Lone Ranger

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is Dell Comic Pocket Picture Holder; Also Dell’s Pledge to Parents