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The Lone Ranger, #74

Published: August 1954

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Issue Contents:
Storyline

The Lone Ranger waits in a tree with a rope as a bandit approaches.

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Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Always Look for Whitman Books
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Inside front cover; black and white with yellow added. Text ad listing Whitman Books; no art.

The Wide Missouri
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By threatening his daughter, bandits force a Missouri Riverboat captain to land at Pine Cove so they can steal a load of gold .

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

Stolen Taxes
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Tax Collector John Thompson frames convict Jed Leach by pocketing the money Leach collects for taxes.

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

The Carrier Pigeon
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Black Owl's braves are raiding villages along the Pecos for money to buy information about the Army forts in the area.

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

A Day in Tombstone
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A chance encounter with a gunfighter causes wild orphan Jigger Rogers to reconsider his way of life.

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Text story with three illustrations. Page 1495 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. A day in Tombstone. (In the Lone Ranger, Aug. 1954, p. [36-37]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Thomas Murphy. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 1Jul54; B5-28347." ~Dave Porta

Escape on the River
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Young Hawk and Little Buck leave the Shoshone village but are pursued by Black Heel and Canuga, who were disgraced for plotting against the boys.

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

Save Money! Save Time!
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Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is a lucky rabbit's foot.

Do You Need Money?
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Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for for selling greeting cards for Colonial Studios, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.

Official Railroad Emblems
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Back cover. Illustrated ad for Post Sugar Crisp breakfast cereal featuring railroad emblem premiums.