(December 1957)

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
?

The Marked Stage (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger (photograph of Clayton Moore)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger with guns drawn, looks up an artistically-added set of steps.

Free With Every Christmas Gift Subscription! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Escape (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
Pretending to be outlaws, the Lone Ranger and Tonto gain the trust of a bank robber, who has been abandoned to the law by the rest of his gang.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Buffalo Hunt (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
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are mistaken for scouts for buffalo hunters who are trespassing on Cheyenne hunting grounds.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

reference to Silver's origin in Wild Horse Valley; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

The Marked Stage (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lone Ranger Solve the Mystery / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
A stable hand is marking the stage carrying a secret payroll. The mystery is how the Lone Ranger knows which one it is, merely by their height.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

#1 in "Solve the Mystery" series; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

The Green Hand (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Nat Thatcher’s brush with a freshly-painted post gives him away as the robber of the general store.

Indexer Notes

1/4 page illustration.

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

Young Hawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Young Hawk--- a big one!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
At the bottom of large canyon in western Mexico, Young Hawk and Little Buck kill a jaguar that is being chased by a group of tall hunters and are invited back to their village.

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.

"Dad! Read This..." (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Daisy / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Best Brand on Any Bike... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Marked Stage
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Free With Every Christmas Gift Subscription!
  3. 2. Escape
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Buffalo Hunt
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Marked Stage
    The Lone Ranger Solve the Mystery
  6. 5. The Green Hand
  7. 6. ["Look, Young Hawk--- a big one!"]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. "Dad! Read This..."
    Daisy
  9. 8. The Best Brand on Any Bike...
    Schwinn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore