(April 1953)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
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The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
With a train bearing down on them on a trestle, the Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver to rescue Tonto, who is lying on the tracks.
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I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mars; Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Smiling Caballero (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
Juan Lopez, the Smiling Caballero, gains others' trust before robbing them and rustling their cattle.

Indexer Notes

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

Shadow of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto take a doctor to stop a diphtheria epidemic in an Apache village.

Indexer Notes

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

Horses for Orani (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wind Maiden
Synopsis
Navajo girl Wind Maiden fools some Paiutes and captures their horses.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Young Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You brought these, Young Hawk?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish
Synopsis
After leading the Sea People to the lode of copper they had discovered, Young Hawk and Little Buck take a dozen men to recover the canoes the Waikish had stolen.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Last appearance of The Raven and Chief Blackfish. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "Trees for Sails."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Whitman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter!
    Mars; Milky Way
  3. 2. The Smiling Caballero
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Shadow of Death
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Horses for Orani
  6. 5. ["You brought these, Young Hawk?"]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. ["Hi-Yo kids! Here’s your official Dell Comics Club pen!"]
  8. 7. ["Go ahead... you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!"]
    Whitman
  9. 8. Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race
    Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
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