(May 1949)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- standard newsstand comic book
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub?
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Tonto
- Synopsis:
- The Lone Ranger carries an unconscious Tonto in a "dead-man's carry" while firing at outlaws with his free hand.
Indexer Notes
Cover has "This is a King Feature" emblem.
Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- 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 and The Army Pay Roll Plot
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 26 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Fran Striker?
- Pencils:
- Charles Flanders
- Inks:
- Charles Flanders
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Victor (horse)
- Synopsis:
- The Lone Ranger must guard an Army payroll being shipped by riverboat from Council Bluffs to Pine Landing.
- Reprints:
- from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1945 newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Four tiers of panels per page
The Lone Ranger and The Devil on Horseback
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Fran Striker?
- Pencils:
- Charles Flanders
- Inks:
- Charles Flanders
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis:
- "Rance" Keller blackmails a sheriff to help him rob a bank.
- Reprints:
- from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1946 newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Four tiers of panels per page. "Devil on Horseback" is used here as a slang term for alcoholism.
Uncle Billy and the Doolin Gang
text article / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Smith (credited)
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub?
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Bill Doolin; "Uncle Billy" Tilghman
- Synopsis:
- Retelling of capture of outlaw Bill Doolin by "Uncle Billy" Tilghman in Oklahoma in late 1890s.
Indexer Notes
Text story with seven illustrations.
[A Fiery Defense]
Young Hawk / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Young Hawk; Little Buck
- Synopsis:
- Separated from a hunting party, Young Hawk and Little Buck must fight off a pack of wolves with fire.
Indexer Notes
First appearance in this title.
The Young Hawk feature originated in "The Funnies" (Dell, 1936 series) #65, June-July 1942 and was also featured in "New Funnies" (Dell, 1942 series) #66 and #67 (both 1942); whether the strip appeared anywhere between 1942 and 1949 is not known.
Four tiers of panels per page.
Ja-Di-Gon-Sa
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the False-Face Society of the Iroquois Nation and their wooden masks.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Chief Two-Guns White Calf
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub?
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Chief Two-Guns White Calf
- Synopsis:
- Portrait of Chief Two-Guns White Calf (1872-1934), a Blackfoot chief whose visage was one of those used in the design of the Indian Head Nickel coin.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; fourth in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!
-
2.
The Lone Ranger and The Army Pay Roll Plot
The Lone Ranger -
3.
The Lone Ranger and The Devil on Horseback
The Lone Ranger -
4.
Uncle Billy and the Doolin Gang
-
5.
[A Fiery Defense]
Young Hawk -
6.
Ja-Di-Gon-Sa
-
7.
Chief Two-Guns White Calf
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Katie
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Merlin Haas
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