The Lone Ranger #8

(February 1949)

Hi-Yo, Silver, Away! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #7 (January 1949)

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic.

The Lone Ranger on the Trail of a Criminal (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fran Striker?

Pencils:

Charles Flanders

Inks:

Charles Flanders

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lone Ranger (origin retold); Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Dan Reid (introduction)

Synopsis:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail the criminal, Higgins, from Texas to Montana.

Reprints:

• from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1943 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

four tiers of panels per page; Lone Ranger's origin retold. Introduction of Dan Reid, the Lone Ranger's nephew.

The Lone Ranger and the Secret Weapon (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fran Striker?

Pencils:

Charles Flanders

Inks:

Charles Flanders

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Siver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto take refuge from a blizzard, but find that the cabin is under siege by crooks who want a trapper's furs.

Reprints:

• from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.

Git Along, Little Dogies (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

[traditional song]

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

Synopsis:

Lyrics to the traditional cowboy song "Git Along, Little Dogies" with illustrations.

Wild Bill Hickok and the Texas Badman (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Smith (signed)

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western; fact

Characters:

Wild Bill Hickok; John Wesley Hardin; Bideno

Synopsis:

Marshal Wild Bill Hickok's encounters with gunman John Wesley Hardin in Abilene, Kansas, in 1871.

Indexer Notes

Text with three illustrations. Slightly fictionalized account of true events.

[Cowboys and Their Horses] (Table of Contents)

Range Savvy / filler / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

Facts about cowboys and their horses.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Indian Boats (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

Facts about Indian boats.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations with brief text.

Chief Broken Arm - a Sioux Warrior (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Mo Gollub?

Inks:

Mo Gollub?

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

Portrait of Chief Broken Arm - a Sioux Warrior.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; first in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.