The Lone Ranger
#79
(January 1955)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Helen Meyer
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger
- Synopsis
- The Lone Ranger drives a stagecoach hauling presents and a Christmas tree.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Christmas cover. Per Alan Hutchinson, a preliminary character study painted for the cover was offered for auction by Heritage Auctions in early 2010. Heritage identified that oil painting study was signed by Don Spaulding (02 March 2010).
Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Santa Claus (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions for various Dell comics.
The Fiery Barricade
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis
- The Russ Carson gang joins up with renegade Mexican army officer Carlos Cortez. Cortez impersonates a Mexican official to get gold for his personal army.
- Reprints
-
in Ensomme Rytter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1977 series) #3 ([juni] 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
The Telltale Bullet
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis
- A doctor's son is wounded in a robbery and is told to lure the Lone Ranger and Tonto into an ambush at the doctor's office.
- Reprints
-
in The Lone Ranger (Western, 1964 series) #9 (January 1968) which is reprinted -
in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18115 (1969) - in Ensomme Rytter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1977 series) #3 ([juni] 1977)
-
in Indexer Notes
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Showdown Valley
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Larry Moran; Pawnee Sam; Jed Slocum
- Synopsis
- Nineteen-year-old Larry Moran must have an armed showdown with land grabber Jed Slocum.
Indexer Notes
Text story with two illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Young Hawk / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Hawk! There's the two humped bluff!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Young Hawk; Little Buck; Wolf Jaw (Young Hawk's father); Moon Woman (Young Hawk's mother)
- Synopsis
- After months of wandering, Young Hawk and Little Buck return to their home Mandan village, only to find that some do not believe their tales of their journey.
Indexer Notes
Part of a continuing storyline. Short recap of trip. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small with question mark.
Indian War Trail
text article / 0.8 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Inks
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about Indian paddling techniques in a canoe.
Indexer Notes
Half text-half art.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures given.
New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine
Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Red Ryder (cameo); Little Beaver (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Pump Gun No. 25 and Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 94 are depicted.
Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown New Dancing Puppets
Mars; Snickers / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Mary Hartline (cameo); Cliffy the Clown (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Snickers candy bars featuring Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown (both from the ABC TV show "Super Circus") dancing puppets premium.
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger -
1.
Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!
-
2.
The Fiery Barricade
The Lone Ranger -
3.
The Telltale Bullet
The Lone Ranger -
4.
Showdown Valley
-
5.
["Young Hawk! There's the two humped bluff!"]
Young Hawk -
6.
Indian War Trail
-
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine
Daisy Air Rifles -
9.
Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown New Dancing Puppets
Mars; Snickers
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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