(September 1949)

Dell, 1948 Series
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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] (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Mo Gollub?
Inks:
Mo Gollub?
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lone Ranger
Synopsis:
The Lone Ranger uses a wrestling hold to disarm a thug.

Indexer Notes

Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.


Dell Comics are Good Comics (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mo Gollub?
Inks:
Mo Gollub?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Different from promo in The Lone Ranger #14 with same name. Includes partial reprint of the cover to The Lone Ranger #12.


The Lone Ranger and the Bridge Across Ghost Canyon (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

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:
A crooked foreman sabotages the building of a bridge over a canyon and places the blame on the Lone Ranger.
Reprints:
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1946 or 1947 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.


The Lone Ranger and the Escape of Brazos Bill (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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:
Insane killer Brazos Bill escapes from prison and goes on a rampage.
Reprints:
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1946 or 1947 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.


Ranger Captain of the Lone Star State (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Smith?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact; bio
Characters:
Captain Bill McDonald; Bill Ogle
Synopsis:
Adventures of "Captain Bill" McDonald of the Texas Rangers during the 1890s.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.


[Fire Arrows] (Table of Contents)

Young Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Tom Hickey
Inks:
Tom Hickey
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Wolf; Singing Bird
Synopsis:
Young Hawk and Little Buck use fire arrows to fend off a Sioux attack of their home village.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.


The Pole and Hoop Game (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western; fact
Synopsis:
Facts about the Plains Indians pole and hoop game.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.


Chief Grant Richards of the Tonkawa Tribe (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Mo Gollub?
Inks:
Mo Gollub?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Chief Grant Richards (Tonkawa Indian)
Synopsis:
Portrait of Chief Grant Richards of the Tonkawa Tribe.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; 8th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Dell Comics are Good Comics
  2. 2. The Lone Ranger and the Bridge Across Ghost Canyon
    The Lone Ranger
  3. 3. The Lone Ranger and the Escape of Brazos Bill
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 4. Ranger Captain of the Lone Star State
  5. 5. [Fire Arrows]
    Young Hawk
  6. 6. The Pole and Hoop Game
  7. 7. Chief Grant Richards of the Tonkawa Tribe
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Merlin Haas