(April 1968)

Western, 1964 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1968-01-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10121-804. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Trigger-Ready! (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernest Nordli (painting)
Inks
Ernest Nordli (painting)
Colors
Ernest Nordli (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger, mounted on a rearing Silver, fires at outlaws.
Reprints

Free Money from Quaker Life Cereal! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sacred Cave (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto must recover some maverick steers that Apaches have penned inside a sacred cave.
Reprints

Good Samaritan (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Tod Wilson has to decide whether to stop and help a half-frozen, unconscious man or continue on to get a doctor for his ailing wife.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

text story with 1/4 page illustration

Reward for Sam (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
Old Tom Snyder's will leaves his ranch to a black and white dog and his owner Alkali Pickens. A pair of two-bit outlaws plot to kill Pickens and assume his identity.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Kinkajou (Table of Contents: 5)

Keys of Knowledge / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
facts about South American Kinkajous.

Indexer Notes

part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

Scale (Table of Contents: 6)

Picture Dictionary / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
three different illustrated definitions of the word “scale.”

Indexer Notes

part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Jest for Fun / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Riddle: What can a...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

riddles and jokes with two illustrations; part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

Styracosaurus (Table of Contents: 8)

Dinosauria / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
article on Styracosaurus dinosaurs with three illustrations.

Indexer Notes

part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.

[Small Bear's Last Fight] (Table of Contents: 9)

Small Bear / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jon Small
Inks
Jon Small
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Small Bear; Long Lance
Synopsis
Small Bear and Long Lance are captured by Crows and forced to fight each other.
Reprints

The Cave-In (Table of Contents: 10)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Tom Gill ?; ? (assistants?)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Ranger Jim; Dan Reid
Synopsis
Ranger Jim, who works the Lone Ranger's silver mine, is trapped by a cave-in and Dan Reid must get help.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lone Ranger's silver mine featured

[Politician] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Two eight panel strips. One features a political pelted with vegetables. and the other a monkey who torments a gorilla.

Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Win $1,000 College Scholarship (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trigger-Ready!
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Free Money from Quaker Life Cereal!
  3. 2. The Sacred Cave
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Good Samaritan
  5. 4. Reward for Sam
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. The Kinkajou
    Keys of Knowledge
  7. 6. Scale
    Picture Dictionary
  8. 7. ["Riddle: What can a..."]
    Jest for Fun
  9. 8. Styracosaurus
    Dinosauria
  10. 9. [Small Bear's Last Fight]
    Small Bear
  11. 10. The Cave-In
    The Lone Ranger
  12. 11. [Politician]
    Mini-Comics
  13. 12. Famous Name Prizes or Cash
  14. 13. Win $1,000 College Scholarship
  15. 14. Make Money Get Prizes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore