(November 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
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
Credits
- Pencils:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Inks:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Colors:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Buck Duane
- Reprints:
- in Supercomic Series (Consolidated Press, 1948 series) #35 (January 1951)
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The "Six-Shooter"
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Till Goodan
- Inks:
- Till Goodan
- Letters:
- Till Goodan
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- 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
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Zane Grey (original story); Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- 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)
Indexer Notes
Abridged adaptation of 1915 novel "The Lone Star Ranger" by Zane Grey. Script submitted on May 16 (15 pages) and May 30, 1949 (17 pages). Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The 30-30 Carbine
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Till Goodan
- Inks:
- Till Goodan
- Letters:
- Till Goodan
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- 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
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Till Goodan
- Inks:
- Till Goodan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Till Goodan
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Facts about stagecoach travel in the old West.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Hand-lettered article with one large and two small illustrations.
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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