The Lone Ranger
#11
(July 1968)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-04-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10121-807
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Distress Signal
The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Hank Hartman (painting)
- Inks
- Hank Hartman (painting)
- Colors
- Hank Hartman (painting)
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
- Synopsis
- The Lone Ranger and Tonto use a fallen tree for cover as they fire their guns.
- Reprints
-
from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #90 (December 1955) [with new logo] -
in Der einsame Reiter (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
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![Cover Thumbnail for The Lone Ranger (1964 series) #11 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/819/w100/819326.jpg?-4938629402961091752)
Distress Signal
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
- Synopsis
- Robbers try to force a telegraph operator to wire an express train to stop at a station, so they can rob it.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
one of the few Tom Gill stories of this era which was not a reprint.
Bandit Brother
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Kirk Thompson suspects his older brother Roy of being part of the Coyote Gang.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
text story with 1/4 page illustration.
The Carrier Pigeon
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
- Synopsis
- Black Owl's braves are raiding villages along the Pecos for money to buy information about the Army forts in the area.
- Reprints
- from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #74 (August 1954)
- in Der einsame Reiter (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
-
Indexer Notes
Story interrupted by four page Gold Key Comics Club section; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Animals
Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- animal
Indexer Notes
Four drawings of animals sent in by readers Scott Reyell, Frank Norton, Michael Kazmer, and David Lanning.
Part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.
Airplanes
Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Three drawings of airplanes sent in by readers Charles Jose Jones, Frank MacIntosh, and Dennis Regan.
Part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Club Comics / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Jokes sent in by: Patrick Bragg, Scott Hannah, Ricky Largin, Vincent Maiello, Sandra L. Kay, Pamela Middleton, Dominic Fulco III, Karen Statezny, Jean Hourihan, Gwen Bryant,Jamed D. RIckard, Jody Knoell, Linda Caspary, Cathy Rose, Gerald Romanzin, Jerry Prock, Roberta Greenwell, and Ricky Fleehart.
Part of the centerfold used in all Gold Key comics that month.
The Fire Arrows
Small Bear / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Small Bear
- Synopsis
- Small Bear leads his Cheyenne tribe in search of grass for their horses, only to find the way blocked by Pawnee braves.
- Reprints
- from Cheyenne (Dell, 1957 series) #6 (February-April 1958)
- in Der einsame Reiter (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
-
The Unwanted Gun
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
- Synopsis
- A card shark is murdered after winning a large pot and the Lone Ranger must decide which of the other card players is guilty.
- Reprints
- from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #125 (December 1958-January 1959)
- in Der einsame Reiter (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #4
-
Indexer Notes
A "Solve the Mystery" story, though not billed as such.
[Rooster]
Mini-Comics / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two eight panel strips. One features a rooster crowing at sunrise, the other a clumsy skiier.
Iguanodon
Dinosauria / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; math & science
- Synopsis
- article on Iguanodon dinosaurs with three illustrations.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Alberto Becattini.
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0.
Distress Signal
The Lone Ranger -
1.
["Cheer! Cheer! The gang's all here..."]
-
2.
Distress Signal
The Lone Ranger -
3.
Bandit Brother
-
4.
The Carrier Pigeon
The Lone Ranger -
5.
["Knock! Knock!"]
Gold Key Comics Club News -
6.
Animals
Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page -
7.
Airplanes
Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page -
8.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Club Comics -
9.
The Fire Arrows
Small Bear -
10.
The Unwanted Gun
The Lone Ranger -
11.
[Rooster]
Mini-Comics -
12.
Iguanodon
Dinosauria -
13.
Sweet Music From Gold Key Comics
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14.
3 Complete Fishing Outfits
Niresk Fishing Outfits
- Katie
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Glenn MacKay
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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