(May 1954)

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
Hank Hartman (painting)
Inks
Hank Hartman (painting)
Colors
Hank Hartman (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger
Synopsis
Aroused from sleep, the Lone Ranger reaches for his gun as an Indian approaches with a knife.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Blank inside front cover.

The Lone Ranger and The Peace Powwow (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 13 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
Apache Chief Big Eagle uses a meeting to discuss peace as a ruse to capture Army officers.

Indexer Notes

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

Change of Plans (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
Hotel keeper Avery wants the Sheriff and his deputies lured out of Houston in order for his gang to rob a train carrying cash to Houston.

The Unexpected (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 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
Scarface Bleeker is the "King of Crime" because each of the members of his gang is a specialist at a line of crime.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Haunted Canyon (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Raven; Tall Pine
Synopsis
A Pueblo family takes refuge in "Haunted Canyon" to elude Apache raiders.

Indexer Notes

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

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

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
I hope none of your people take us for enemies, Neh-Quina!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
After saving a Shoshone girl from a bear, Young Hawk and Little Buck go to her village, where they help fight off an attack by Sioux warriors.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Short recap of previous adventures included in story. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Play "KE" (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is “KE” Puzzle game.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Blank inside back cover.

"Spark Up... To Pick Off a Base-Runner!" Says Roy Campanella (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Roy Campanella

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella. Ad includes photo of Campanella with facsimile autograph. Part of "Spark Up With Wheaties!" series.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Lone Ranger and The Peace Powwow
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Change of Plans
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Unexpected
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. The Haunted Canyon
  7. 6. ["I hope none of your people take us for enemies, Neh-Quina!"]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. Play "KE"
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. "Spark Up... To Pick Off a Base-Runner!" Says Roy Campanella
    Wheaties; Spark Up with Wheaties!
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