(June 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
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Inks
Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Colors
Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger, mounted on a rearing Silver, fires at outlaws.
Reprints

Everybody Loves Tell-a-Tale Books (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Whitman; Tell-A-Tale Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Night Stage (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
A banker tips off a gang about night shipments of cash that are being carried by the stagecoach.

Indexer Notes

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

The Flame (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
A land speculator imports a Mexican bandit called El Flamenco ("The Flame"), who specializes in burning down ranches, in order to get land on the proposed route of a railroad.

Indexer Notes

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

Gray Hawk’s Inheritance (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
Gray Hawk; Tall Cloud; Strong Bull; Kicking Horse
Synopsis
Gray Hawk must wrestle Strong Bull to win the hand of the fair Prairie Dove.

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
(Ki-chuff!) Eeee-yuh! Yarp! (Ki-chuff!)
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Young Hawk and Little Buck make their way up a volcanic mountain in Oregon during an eruption. They receive a sign to travel north. They build a canoe and go down a tributary to the Columbia River.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "The Smoking Mountain."
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

The Plainsman (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan ?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about plainsmen of the early west.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Half text, half art.

Free! If You Subscribe Now to Lone Ranger Comics! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

"Scooter" Phil Rizzuto Sparks Yankees (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Everybody Loves Tell-a-Tale Books
    Whitman; Tell-A-Tale Books
  3. 2. Night Stage
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Flame
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Gray Hawk’s Inheritance
  6. 5. ["(Ki-chuff!) Eeee-yuh! Yarp! (Ki-chuff!)"]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. The Plainsman
  8. 7. Free! If You Subscribe Now to Lone Ranger Comics!
  9. 8. "Scooter" Phil Rizzuto Sparks Yankees
    Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore