(November 1953)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Comic
Editing:
?
Format:
standard newsstand comic book

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)
Inks:
Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)
Colors:
Hank Hartman (signed) (painting)

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger
Synopsis:
A bandit fires at the hat the Lone Ranger holds around a corner.

Keeps 'em on Good Spookin' Terms (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; color. Illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.


Dollars of Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Paul S. Newman
Pencils:
Tom Gill
Inks:
Tom Gill
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis:
Train robbers pretend to be detectives from New York in order to avoid detection.

Indexer Notes

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


The Wyoming War (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Paul S. Newman
Pencils:
Tom Gill
Inks:
Tom Gill
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis:
The owner of the Double Bar ranch wants to force out the other ranchers in the county.

Indexer Notes

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


The Courage of Little Crane (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Little Crane
Synopsis:
Little Crane's canoe is cast up on Ghost Island, where he receives a vision to stock the island's ponds with beavers.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.


[The Skunk Bear] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jon Small
Inks:
Jon Small
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Young Hawk; Little Buck; Neekoota
Synopsis:
In the dead of winter, Little Buck is bitten by a skunk bear (wolverine) raiding their storehouse. Young Hawk must track down and kill the intruder before he ruins their trap lines.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.


Here's Your Chance to Own a Real Lucky Rabbit's Foot... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Gill ?
Inks:
Tom Gill ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is Lucky Rabbit's foot


Lionel Trains with Magne Traction (Table of Contents)

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Lionel Model Trains.


"Spark Up-...You Need Stamina to Pitch!" Said Robin Roberts (Table of Contents)

Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports
Characters:
Robin Roberts

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts. Ad includes photo of Roberts with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Keeps 'em on Good Spookin' Terms
    Mars; Milky Way
  2. 2. Dollars of Doom
    The Lone Ranger
  3. 3. The Wyoming War
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 4. The Courage of Little Crane
  5. 5. [The Skunk Bear]
    Young Hawk
  6. 6. Here's Your Chance to Own a Real Lucky Rabbit's Foot...
  7. 7. Lionel Trains with Magne Traction
    Lionel Trains
  8. 8. "Spark Up-...You Need Stamina to Pitch!" Said Robin Roberts
    Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties!
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