The Lone Ranger #78 - 7.5 - $15.00

The Lone Ranger and an outlaw wrestle on a high mountain ledge.

A bank employee is head of a gang that plans to rob a stagecoach of $10,000 in bank money.

An old man's tall tale of helping the Lone Ranger comes true when killer "Moose" Miller breaks out of jail.

Trapper Hap Harper tracks down two men who robbed him of his furs.

After tanning the skin of a bear Young Hawk killed, the two boys use it for a sail for their canoe. They sail down the river and at night their sail is taken for a Spirit Bear by enemy Sioux.

Facts about Indian paddling techniques in a canoe.

Facts about Indian foods.

• - Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
• Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too! - Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions for various Dell comics.
• Adventure at Rockpoint - Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's records; Newman was uncertain if he had written this story.
• Moose Miller's Fall - Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's records; Newman was uncertain if he had written this story.
• Raw Courage - Text story with two illustrations. Page 1496 of Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, SERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS states, "WESTERN PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY. Raw courage. (In the Lone Ranger, Dec. 1954, p. [22-23]) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of Leo Dorfman. ? Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 26Oct54; B5-29228." ~Dave Porta
• Bearskin Sail - Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Artwork first credited to Jon Small.
• The Indi'an C'anoeist [The Indian Canoeist] - Half text-half art; unusual diacritical marks in the title.
• Indi'an Foods [Indian Foods] - Inside back cover; black and white; half text-half art; unusual diacritical marks in the title. 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 foods. (In the Lone Ranger, Dec. 1954, p. [3] of cover) Appl. Author: Western Print. & Litho. Co., employer for hire of August Lenox. ? Western Print. & Litho. Co.; 26Oct54; B5-29226." ~Dave Porta
• Alan Ladd Says: "No Wonder Building With Block City Is Such Fun!" - Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Block City and Brick Town building block sets by Tri-State Toys.