← Previous Issue
#74
Next Issue →
#76
The Lone Ranger, #75

Published: September 1954

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
Storyline

The Lone Ranger carries an unconscious Tonto in his arms.

Credits
Story Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Indian Dog Travois
Storyline

Instructions on how to make a dog travois and harness.

Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; half-art, half-text. Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Indian dog travois. (In the Lone Ranger, Sept. 1954, p. [2] of cover) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 29Jul54; B5-28499." ~Dave Porta

The Not So Secret Cave
Storyline

Jess Lawton, foreman at the Lazy W, schemes to rob his boss of the $30,000 he received for selling his cattle.

Credits
Story Notes

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

Reward for Sam
Storyline

When Tom Snyder dies, he leaves his ranch to a black and white dog named Sam and his owner Alkali Pickens. A pair of two-bit outlaws plot to kill Pickens and assume his identity.

Credits
Story Notes

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

Cheyenne Code
Storyline

Cheyenne brave Sun-On-Rock and an old trapper named Carlos become unlikely friends.

Credits
  • Script:
Story Notes

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. Cheyenne code. (In the Lone Ranger, Sept. 1954, p. [22-23]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Thomas Murphy. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 29Jul54; B5-28500." ~Dave Porta

"Why bother killing the fire, Young Hawk?"

Storyline

Young Hawk and Little Buck watch from cover as Sioux force a herd of buffalo to stampede over a river bluff to their death.

Credits
Story Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records (as transcribed and organized by Randall Scott, MSU Librarian, computer printouts, photocopies publicly available via InterLibrary Loan). Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Indian Moccasin Tracks
Storyline

Facts about different styles of Indian moccasins.

Credits
Story Notes

Half-art, half-text. Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Indian moccasin tracks. (In the Lone Ranger, Sept. 1954, p. [32]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. © Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 29Jul54; B5-28502." ~Dave Porta

Everyone Does It-Why Not You?
Story Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is Key and Coin case.

How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
Storyline

Western star Gene Troy's pen won't work when he's asked to sign some autographs. Chuck saves the day by loaning his him his Fineline pen.

Story Notes

Back cover. Color ad in strip form for Fineline fountain pens from W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co.