(March 1955)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger
Synopsis:
The Lone Ranger puts a choke hold from behind on an armed outlaw.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).


The Arikara Indians (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Randy Steffen (signed)
Inks:
Randy Steffen (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Facts about Arikara Indians.

Indexer Notes

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


The Railroad Robberies (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 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:
A railroad beset by robbers uses an armored rail car to foil the thieves.

Indexer Notes

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


The Thunder Rod (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 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:
Two outlaws enter a shooting contest to win a rifle called "The Thunder Rod," which has a secret known only to them.

Indexer Notes

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


Defeating a Devil (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Modunk
Synopsis:
Telling of a Sioux legend, of how Modunk chased the evil spirits out of Devil's Canyon.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.


[Lame Eagle Becomes Strong Eagle] (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; Strong Eagle
Synopsis:
Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Lame Eagle, who has a bad arm, travel eastward. Young Hawk makes a support for Lame Eagle's arm out of a buffalo horn. Using the aid he kills a bear and regains his original name, Strong Eagle.

Indexer Notes

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


Eyes of the Cavalry (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Randy Steffen
Inks:
Randy Steffen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Facts about Crow Indian cavalry scouts.

Indexer Notes

Half text-half art.


The Bannock Indians (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Randy Steffen
Inks:
Randy Steffen
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Facts about Bannock Indians.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Half text-half art.


Save 80¢ by Subscribing to Lone Ranger Comics Now! (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 (cameo); Silver (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Arikara Indians
  2. 2. The Railroad Robberies
    The Lone Ranger
  3. 3. The Thunder Rod
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 4. Defeating a Devil
  5. 5. [Lame Eagle Becomes Strong Eagle]
    Young Hawk
  6. 6. Eyes of the Cavalry
  7. 7. The Bannock Indians
  8. 8. Save 80¢ by Subscribing to Lone Ranger Comics Now!
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  • Merlin Haas
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