(January 1956)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
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[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
The Lone Ranger is challenged by a gunman who catches him off guard on a town street.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

[This Year Make Christmas More Fun] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Santa Claus (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions to various Dell Comics.

The Secret Mine (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
Vicious killers try to learn the location of the Pueblos' secret silver mine.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Glory Hunter (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 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
Les Lawton makes up stories to win glory, but finds himself in trouble when a gang kidnaps him and demands that he contact his "friend," the Lone Ranger.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Greatest Treasure (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jed Blaine; Tall Pine
Synopsis
An Indian tricks a just-released prisoner into appreciating the beauty about him.

Indexer Notes

Text story with one illustration.

[The Island] (Table of Contents: 5)

Young Hawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; Strong Eagle
Synopsis
Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Strong Eagle sail their dugout canoe east on Lake Superior. After a storm they land on a island to dry their sail, but find a war party already there. Little Brother, the hawk, attacks a lynx, which frightens the warriors and allows Young Hawk and his crew to sail off undetected.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955. No circulation figures are given.

We Want a Harmless Daisy for Christmas! (Table of Contents: 7)

Daisy Manufacturing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Annie Oakley (as played by Gail Davis) (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy rifles and pistols which only make noise and shoot only smoke. Featured is “Annie Oakley Golden Smoke Rifle” Model 966. Two small drawings of Gail Davis from the Annie Oakley TV show.

[Tell Mom You Want Kool-Aid!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Kool-Aid soft drink mix.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. [This Year Make Christmas More Fun]
  3. 2. The Secret Mine
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Glory Hunter
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Greatest Treasure
  6. 5. [The Island]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. Statement of Ownership
  8. 7. We Want a Harmless Daisy for Christmas!
    Daisy Manufacturing Co.
  9. 8. [Tell Mom You Want Kool-Aid!]
    Kool-Aid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk