(September 1954)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Comic
Editing:
?
Format:
standard newsstand comic book

Issue Notes

First 36 page issue since #49.


[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; Tonto
Synopsis:
The Lone Ranger carries an unconscious Tonto in his arms.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).


Indian Dog Travois (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Instructions on how to make a dog travois and harness.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.


The Not So Secret Cave (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis:
Jess Lawton, foreman at the Lazy W, schemes to rob his boss of the $30,000 he received for selling his cattle.

Indexer Notes

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


Reward for Sam (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis:
When Tom Snyder dies, he leaves his ranch to a black and white dog named Sam and his owner Alkali Pickens. A pair of two-bit outlaws plot to kill Pickens and assume his identity.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

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


Cheyenne Code (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Sun-on-Rock; Carlos
Synopsis:
Cheyenne brave Sun-On-Rock and an old trapper named Carlos become unlikely friends.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations


[Buffalo Stampede] (Table of Contents)

Young Hawk / comic story / 8 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
Synopsis:
Young Hawk and Little Buck watch from cover as Sioux force a herd of buffalo to stampede over a river bluff to their death.

Indexer Notes

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


Indian Moccasin Tracks (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks:
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Facts about different styles of Indian moccasins.

Indexer Notes

Half-art, half-text.


Everyone Does It-Why Not You? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Lone Ranger (cameo)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics. Premium is Key and Coin case.


How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies! (Table of Contents)

W. A. Shaeffer Pen Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Characters:
Gene Troy; Chuck
Synopsis:
Western star Gene Troy's pen won't work when he's asked to sign some autographs. Chuck saves the day by loaning his him his Fineline pen.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Color ad in strip form for Fineline fountain pens from W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Indian Dog Travois
  2. 2. The Not So Secret Cave
    The Lone Ranger
  3. 3. Reward for Sam
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 4. Cheyenne Code
  5. 5. [Buffalo Stampede]
    Young Hawk
  6. 6. Indian Moccasin Tracks
  7. 7. Everyone Does It-Why Not You?
  8. 8. How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
    W. A. Shaeffer Pen Co.
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