The Lone Ranger #62

(August 1953)

More Pages! More Pictures! More Fun! (Table of Contents: 1)

Whitman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Characters

Bugs Bunny (cameo); Howdy Doody (cameo); Flash Gordon (cameo); Tom & Jerry (cameo); Elizabeth Taylor (photo, cameo); Goofy (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman coloring and activity books. Covers of eight books depicted.

Paroled Man (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

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

Synopsis

When a rancher unexpectedly dies in his sleep, his ranch goes to his son, who was just paroled from prison. A rival rancher tries to frame the son for rustling.

Indexer Notes

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

Dawn Attack (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

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

Synopsis

An obnoxious young man overhears a member of a wagon train plotting an attack with Indians, but no one will believe him.

Indexer Notes

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

The Medicine Shirt.... (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Rex Maxon

Inks

Rex Maxon

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Little Wolf

Synopsis

A Pueblo Indian boy uses armor from a long-dead Spanish explorer to scare off Apache raiders.

Indexer Notes

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

[Preparing for Winter] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Rex Maxon

Inks

Rex Maxon

Colors

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Young Hawk; Little Buck; Neekoota

Synopsis

While exploring the Yellowstone Park area, Little Buck stumbles over his dog Tumbleweed and breaks his leg. Young Hawk returns to their camp to find that the girl Neekoota has been joined by an old woman and a young boy. The group sets up a new camp near a hot spring and builds lodges to spend the winter.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Buffalo Run (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Facts about how the Indians hunted buffalo.

Indexer Notes

Mostly text with one illustration.

5 One Year Subscriptions... Only $4.50 (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for eight Dell Comics. No art. Relates to promo on the facing page, which is the inside back cover.

Dell Comics Special! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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typeset

Characters

Lone Ranger (cameo); Tarzan (cameo); Bugs Bunny (cameo); Little Lulu (cameo); Tubby (cameo); Roy Rogers (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Comics featuring portions of the covers of eight Dell titles. Subscription forms are on the facing page, the last interior page of the comic.

"Spark Up if You Want to Be a Catcher!" Said "Yogi" Berra (Table of Contents: 9)

Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

sports

Characters

Yogi Berra

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. Ad includes photo of Berra with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.