(August 1958)

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
?

Issue Notes

Gold Town Issue

[no title indexed] (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 (Clayton Moore)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger covers a fallen outlaw who is reaching for his gun
Reprints

"Fresh Up" Freddie Says: "Right Now, You're Probably Asking Yourself - What Do Alligator-Wrestlers Drink to Quench Their Thirst?" (Table of Contents: 1)

7-Up / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
"Fresh-up" Freddie

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; color illustrated ad in strip form for Seven-Up soft drink.

Gold Town Trouble (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger convinces Bill Turner to become sheriff of "Gold Town" after his partner is killed and his claim taken over by six men.
Reprints

Robbers' Roost (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto return to "Gold Town" three years after the first story in this issue, only to find it a ghost town, occupied by an outlaw gang
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reference to first story in book

Salted Gold (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A pair of prospectors con a swindler into taking back a “salted” mine they bought from him.

Indexer Notes

text story with small illustration

The Black Mark (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger must decide which member of a posse was the killer of a gold assayer.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A "Solve the Mystery" story

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

Young Hawk / comic story / 6.83 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'd better leave the canoe, Little Buck!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Young Hawk and Little Buck are ascending the Gila River. After a near disaster with a whirlpool they leave the river and begin walking east across New Mexico. They then fight off an attack of a band of peccaries (wild pigs)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

part of a continuing storyline; last page has Dell's Pledge to Parents
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

The Longhorn (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Lone Ranger (cameo)
Synopsis
Facts about longhorn cattle, "narrated" by the Lone Ranger
Reprints

Free - This Great American Eagle Ring- With Every Subscription to Lone Ranger Comics (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; color promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic; Premium is American Eagle ring; also Dell’s Pledge to Parents

Have Fun Safely (Table of Contents: 9)

Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

back cover; color ad for Juicy Fruit Gum featuring Safety Rules

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. "Fresh Up" Freddie Says: "Right Now, You're Probably Asking Yourself - What Do Alligator-Wrestlers Drink to Quench Their Thirst?"
    7-Up
  3. 2. Gold Town Trouble
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Robbers' Roost
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Salted Gold
  6. 5. The Black Mark
    The Lone Ranger
  7. 6. ["We'd better leave the canoe, Little Buck!"]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. The Longhorn
  9. 8. Free - This Great American Eagle Ring- With Every Subscription to Lone Ranger Comics
  10. 9. Have Fun Safely
    Juicy Fruit Gum
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome