Four Color
#255 - Zane Grey's The Ranger
([December 1949-January 1950])
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1949-10-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date per Page 467, Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1949. Entry states: "GREY (ZANE), INC. ©. Zane Grey's The ranger. Picturized ed. 1 v., illus. (A Dell comic, no. 255) © 11Oct49; AA130587."
Indicia title is "Zane Grey's The Ranger". "Published by arrangement with the Hawley Publications, Inc." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #255-4911. Copyright 1949 by Zane Grey, Inc.
Indicia title is "Zane Grey's The Ranger". "Published by arrangement with the Hawley Publications, Inc." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #255-4911. Copyright 1949 by Zane Grey, Inc.
Zane Grey's The Ranger
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Inks
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Colors
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Duane
- Reprints
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in Supercomic Series (Consolidated Press, 1948 series) #35 (January 1951) - from All Western Magazine (Dell Publishing Co.) #v30#3 (February-March 1943) [pulp magazine]
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Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The "Six-Shooter"
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about the Colt Single-Action Army Revolver.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Hand-lettered article with one large and two small illustrations.
The Ranger
Zane Grey's Stories of the West / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Duane; Cheseldine; Ray Longstreth; Jim Laramie; Floyd Lawson; Bo Snecker; Jim Fletcher
- Synopsis
- Pardoned outlaw Buck Duane, now a Texas Ranger, goes undercover to find out the identity of the criminal mastermind known as Cheseldine.
- Reprints
- in Supercomic Series (Consolidated Press, 1948 series) #35 (January 1951)
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Indexer Notes
Adaptation of book two of the 1915 novel "The Lone Star Ranger" by Zane Grey.
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 181, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta.
The 30-30 Carbine
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about the Winchester Model 94 rifle.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Hand-lettered article with one large and two small illustrations.
The Stagecoach
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about stagecoach travel in the old West.
- Reprints
- in The Lone Ranger (Consolidated Press, 1954 series) #5 (October 1954)
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Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Hand-lettered article with one large and two small illustrations.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Zane Grey's The Ranger
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1.
The "Six-Shooter"
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2.
The Ranger
Zane Grey's Stories of the West -
3.
The 30-30 Carbine
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4.
The Stagecoach
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Jochen G.
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Dave Porta
- Ramon Schenk
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