Lone Ranger Comics # 82 thru 99

DELI

1.

s0t

w

and

ery

DO YOU NEED

EXTRA
MONEY?

'35.00

is yours;

for selling only \

50 boxes of our

Christmas Card Style Line.

And this can be done in

a single day. Free samples.

Other leading boxes

on approval.

Mail coupon below today. /

It costs you nothing to try.

Last year some folks made I
$250-$500-$l, 000 and more \

this very way. Church groups
and organizations can do this,
too. No experience necessarv.

jSJ&fy

■a Mail This Coupon Today a

J CHEERFUL CARD COMPANY

■ Dept. 366, White Plains, New York

Please rush me free samples of Personalized Christmas Cards *■

Band Stationery. Also send leading boxes on approval for free n
trial, as mentioned above, and full details of your easy money-
making plan.

CHEERFUL CARD COMPANY, Dept. 36o, White Plains, New

rJ

step apart; b<

jys

) FP-FPEDDY HE'S

b ■>£&

\[ ~,

l»Sfe

*

^S

IRE

*d

^

^^3»

S^Mw*

|>

POSTMASTER: Please send notice on Form 3570 to 263 Ninth Avenue. New York I, N. Y.
THE LONE RANGER. Vol. 1. No. 9S, August, !<).!>fi. Published monthly bv D.-U Publishing Co.. Inc.. 261 Fifth Ave., New York
26, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, jr.. President: Helen Meyer, Vic? -Pre si dent; Albert P. Delacorte, Vice-President. Entered as second-
class matter November 12, 194S at the Post Office at Neyr York, N. Y . under the Act of March 3. 1879. Subscriptions in U.S.A. arid
Canada S1.20 oer year, sin..'!? ™ P ;es. 10 rents. Fcrei^n lubscrintions. r2.20 per year. Dell Subscription Service: 10 West 33rd
Street, New York I, N. Y. © 1956, by The Lone Ranger. Inc. All ri E hts reserved- Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Wesi-
skvi Priniiiii is L!i"rnv.f-"ir> ! "':s Co mislerjoel, scanner.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS should reach us five weeks in advance of the next issue date. Give born
you' old and new address enclosing it possible your old addiess label.

DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS

DID VOU HEAR HIM?
I'LL SET HE'S

JSAt-Ot/S/ HE

WISHES ME COULD

STACK UP AGAINST

K1NS CANTON '

KEEP SACK, INDIAN, OR
CANTON'LL TURN HIS
SUNS ON YGt//

GOLLY! NO ONE \ THAT'S HOW I DROPPED
CAN SHOOT LIKE ) A POSSE IN THE PAN-
yOt/ e KING! .**/ HANDLE THAT WAS

trailing me after i
made a draw on the
bank!

|^SL II.

/#£DZ>1£&/

LET'S GO, BIG FELLOW!
WE'LL SOON OUTDISTANCE

STAPT SHOVELING ) ~-^^ --^T--=^--T
MONEY INTO , ^-^1-" _~— '-~- ^K
_THIS ^~^~"^^ =:=== ^==^^B

^7 -— ANC? QON'T ASK' IF WE HAVE

AN

ACCOUNT" J

■■-^s^ses

i^is^s Rt'jr

IP^T

■ *

IPj

^FJw^ii

31 Sh

" 1 HHan

?y;

4rO 0A( KING.' SHOW UP THAT
MASKED MAW! VOU'RE FASTER
THAN HE IS! NO ONE CAN

BEAT YOU! SHOW HtM/

Birr THERE MIGHT BE
ONE WAY TO FREE
FREDDY AND CAPTURE

KING BELONGS WITH THE
OTHERS, SHERIFF.' HIS
JOB WAS TO DIVERT
EVERYONE WHILE THEY
COMMITTED A CRIME
SOMEWHERE IN TOWN

GEE, THANKS, MISTER!
-—YOU WERE RIGHT!
KING SURE TURNED
OUT TO BE A/&&VY

HERO!

BECAUSE I SAW HIM
TALKED TO HIM.' AND
TIME, I KNOW I'M PLAYING
A REAL. BRAVE WESTERNER,
'CAUSE I'M GOING TO
THE LOME KAMGEff.

:/ PLENTY BIG HERD J YES, TONTO! WE'VE- CUT I
COMZ THIS WAX ^/THE MAIN CATTLE DRIVE I
"EMO SA8AY! IX TRAIL TO MARKET' ■$■■

THOSE QUARTER HORSES ARE
KEEPING THE HERD IN CHECK
tV/TtfOt/T ANY RIDERS
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN
LEARN AT THE CHUCK
WAGON ! - - - COMB OM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY-
THING LIKE THIS, TONTO
A TRAIL HERD MOVING
IN PERFECT ORDER AND
WITHOUT A SINGLE
RIDER OR —

/»-/uya/A//J

(

RIDE UP AND KEEP VOUR
HANDS AWAY FROM YOUR
■i, OJW0ie COLT! . S

*w&

Vl

^

N

5?iF!l^

gSkl

iplll"

= ^*"-^-j?P M

^r^ &>" *

mM-ii \«tN

. \U-7

fr :: $l tk v ■»'

?-C

ilafij

WHEN WE WERE FORDING THE HERO OVER
THE LAST RIVER, A DO^EN MASKED
RUSTLERS JUMPED US! WE DISMOUNTED
AND THREW PLENTY OF LEAD! DROVE
V EM OFF SADLY SHOT UP! I WAS THE
ONLY ONE WHOSE WOUND DIDN'T KEEP
HIM FROM RIDING! SO I STARTED
-, CHASING THE HERD! _

LET ME PUT
A CLEAN
BANDAGE
ON THAT.'

THANKS) STANTON'S MY
NAME! MAYSE YOU 'LL LEAD
ME TO THE HERD.' I'D LIKE
TO TAKE IT TO MARKET! THE
OWNER WAS KILLED, BUT I
WANT TO BRING THE SALE
MONEY TO HIS FAMILY! THEY
RAISED /AE BACK ON THE
CIRCLE W!

THAT DOESN'T \ IT MAY ONLY BE AN IDLE

SOUND LIKE TOO ) THREAT} LET'S HURRY

CHEERPUL A _^< THE HERD ON-

PROSPECT'

A tf£W HOVGS LATgl? — } KEMO SABAY,

' PLENTY PVSTf

rrs all right! they're proa

THE C/&CL& W— WE HAD
FOUR HANDS BACK COLLECTING
STRAYS! THEYMUST'VE
CAUGHT UP WITH THE
REST OF THE CREW,
LEARNED WHAT
HAPPENED AND
KEPT RIDING TO
REACH THE HERD!

/SfiT

STANTON, WHO'S*

\ HE'S OKAY! HE AND THE INDIAN 1

THE MASKEP

1 STOPPED THE HERD! NOW ^

MAN? |

THEY'LL HELP US DRIVE IT yM

TO MARKET! I TOLD 'EM HOW M

VOU BOYS WERE CHASING J J

V STRAYS AND MISSED t _^^ y ^-A

^ THE FIGHT' J j([

®fL

^#H3P

WmsXifiW^

VOU MUST BE FROM 1 GOOD GUESS, MISTER! IM
THE C/&O.E W— J CAL KlNCAlD— BUT I
PROBABLY THE t — ' NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND
OWMSBf J AN ALLY IN A #IASK£& MAN]

WHEN I SAW A t.0N£ MAN FIRING AT THE
SEVEN OF US, I WAS CERTAIN ONLY THE
HERD'S OWNER WOULD RISK ALL AGAINST
SUCH ODDS! ---I'D ALREADY BECOME
SUSPICIOUS WHEN STANTON'S FRIENDS
JOINED US AND THEIR HORSES LACKED
THE CIRCLE- W BRAND! THEN„WHEN T
SAW HOW POORLY THEY HANDLED THE
HERD, I KNEW THEY WEREN'T
. TRAIL HANDS

1 FIGURED THE CIRCLE W. HORSE I STOPPED
WOULD BE ALL THE CREDENTIALS I'D NEED
WHEN I FIRST RAN INTO YOU! WHEN THE
REST OF THE GANG REACHED THE HIDE-
OUT I KNEW THEY'D SEND OUT FOUR MEN
WHO WERE" HOLING UP THERE/! YOU TWO
KNEW HOW TO WORK A HERD,SO I
DECIDED TO USE YOU ! BUT ONCE WE
GOT TO MARKET; TWO BULLETS WOULD
HAVE BEEN YOUR P

Smoke
Signal

Out in the fields, binding wheat, John Knox
suddenly sensed the figure creeping up silently
behind him. Out of the corner of his eye, John
saw it was Red Bear, tomahawk upraised.
John was about to dive desperately for his
rifle nearby. Then his mouth fell open.

The Indian hurled the tomahawk true as
an arrow— at a jackrabbit nibbling wheat.
They were the bane of homesteaders, numer-
ous and destructive. Red Bear strode there
and back, holding out the fresh game to John,
with a grin.

John mentally scolded himself. Red Bear
had been their friend for a year. Why fear
him? He always crept up in that silent way.

Without a word. Red Bear began binding
wheat, with an amused gleam in his eye. It
was much like a child playing a new game.
They exchanged a few words as they worked.
Then, as abruptly as he had started, Red Bear
threw down the bailing wire and left.

John stared after him, puzzled. Why did
Red Bear help them, without asking or ex-
pecting a thing in return? Was it just his
generous soul? What really went on in the
redman's mind? John didn't know.

Marsha, his wife, had her own ideas. Red
Bear's first startling appearance at their cabin,
last year, had caused Marsha to shriek and
drop the plate she held. After that, Marsha
kept the door bolted and made him knock.

Even when Red Bear brought their daugh-
ter Sue, aged three, carved dolls painted in
bright dyes, Marsha still distrusted his visits.
"He's just one step removed from a savage,"
she would always say to John.

John shrugged, getting back to work. Mar-
sha and her foolish fears!

The next day it happened.

Finishing the binding in the wheatfield, John
suddenly saw the plumes of smoke above the
hills.

Indian smoke signals! What did they mean?
Indians on the warpath? Raiding homestead-
ers? His heart cold, it took John long minutes
to run all the way back to the cabin. He burst
in the door.

The cabin was empty.

Where were Marsha and Sue? John gasped
at what lay on the floor. A dyed feather. Red
Bear always wore one in his hair.

Saddling ths mare, John galloped for the
fort, fears racing with him. Had Red Bear
taken his wife and child as hostages? Had the
Indian been a friend only while it pleased his
childish whims? Had he now reverted to a
savage, as Marsha had warned?

At the fort, John flung himself from the
horse, heart pounding. At the hitching post
was his wife's roan, and also Red Bear's pony,
both lathered from hard riding.

Then they had caught Red Bear, thank
heaven!

John's relief turned to anger as he rushed
in to find the Indian. He stopped short. Wait-
ing outside the doctor's office. Red Bear only
grinned at him.

"Me in time," he said proudly.

John was more bewildered as Marsha came
from the doctor's office and threw her arms
around Red Bear, hugging him! "Baby Sue
will be all right— thanks to you!"

Then she saw John and explained. "Baby
Sue took a sudden choking fit, just as Red
Bear came to visit, while you were far off in
the fields. Red Bear rushed us to the doctor
here at the fort, helping me through a rough
shortcut. It saved Sue's life."

"No time to get you from fields," said Red
Bear to John. "Stopped to make smoke.signals
for a moment, to bring you here."

Marsha and John exchanged smiles. They
would never doubt Red Bear again, not after
his smoke signals of true friendship.

WITH lime SUCK STUNNEO,
YOUNG HAWK IS QUICKLY

: OVgRWHE LM£D BY NUMBERS
..r,0 DisaSKE!/ ■

ONLY AFTER THE 6IRCHBABKS
HAVE PASSED OUT OF SIGHT
OOES LITTLE BROTHER STRUGGLE
8ACKT0 CONSCIOUSNESS

Tooto teaches a young

"Hen Worshipper" the meaning

of courage in the all-new

ONLY 10c AT TOUR FAVORITE OEll COMICS DEALER

Shiny good luck pieces just like this are already being
carried in pockets and purses by thousands of boys
and girls. Here's your chance to get one, too.

It's easy . . . just clip the coupon below and mail it
with $1.20 for your one-year's subscription to LONE
RANGER comics. We'll start mailing your monthly
copies of LONE RANGER co'rnics right to your door
with the very next issue. You'll receive the Lucky Penny
Pocketpiece absolutely FREE as well as a membership
card in the Dell Comics Club.

Horry! Get your Lucky Pocketpiece right away. Clip
the coupon and mail it with $1.20 today. If you are
already a subscriber' we'll send you the Lucky Penny
Pocketpiece now and start your new subscription when
your present one expires.

m
M
M
M
M
M
SI
Sij
M

1
M

A PLEDGE

TO PARENTS

The Dell Trademark is, and always
has been, a positive guarantee that
the comic magazine bearing it con-
tains only clean and ivkolesome
entertainment. The Dell code elimi-
nates entirely, rather than regulates,
objectionable material. That's ivhy
it hen your child buys a Dell Comic
you can be sure it contains only good
fun. "deli, comics are good COMICS'"
is our only credo and constant goat.

< 1

>w

s! j

'if-

.•11.

•)['.

*■ !

'■it'

>H-

•lt<

£ I

*J(*

o *

•is*

=> i

■'•:■:

« '

Moil To: DELL PUBLISHING CO., INC. DEPT. SLR

1 W. 33rd St!, New York 1 , N. Y.
Please enter subscription to Lone Ranger Comics. In-
clude special offer of Lucky Penny Pocketpiece and
Dell Comics Club Membership Certificate.

Name . . . . ; ., ■ . Age

St. and No

City Zone .... State: . . .

I am enclosing remittance for $1.20 in full payment.

o gift subseriptio;

e fill in below. L
separate sheet)
ENCLOSE GIFT CARD TO READ FROM:

Donor's Name . ., ,

St and No

Chy ... . Zone .... Siate

DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS

Dopey Dan ami Sjfgljj $a

brought to you by
JUICY FRUIT GUM

Dopey hitched behind a car
He was thrown wide and far
Had to stay in bed, poor lad
Hurt all over— isn't that sad?

Safety Sam is smart, you bet
Never had an accident yet
He won't hitch 'cause he's no dope
You're like Safety Sam— we hope!

Dopey rode his bike one night
Wore dark clothes without a light
Car came speeding down the street
Knocked poor Dopey fifty feet

Safety Sam knows how to ride
Doing things right gives him pride
When it gets dark he wears things white
In front and rear a light shines bright

Don't be a Dopey Dan .'

Don't hitch behind cars or trucks.

Don't zig zag from side to side.

Don't carry "passengers" on your bike.

Don't ride "without hands."

Don't ride so fast you may lose your balance

or be unable to stop quickly,

Don't ride with bad brakes or tires.

Be Swart - like Safety Sam ! ^

Do look carefully when approaching

an intersection.

Do signal before turning but keep both hands

on handlebars when you turn.

Do rtde on right side of roadway.

Do know the traffic laws and obey them.

Do wear white when it gets dark, and use

bright headlight and red, rear reflector.

AND H£RS'SAN/D£A.'

Tell your Mom that chewing JUICY
FRUIT GUM helps keep your teeth clean
and that it won't spoil your appetite.
Ask her to bring home a good suppEy.

HEW FOIL WRAPPED

(SraekerJ&ek

... with Lots Mote Peanuts

si

Today

theMoref