(December 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
Hold It!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto (cameo); Young Hawk (cameo); Santa Claus
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #19 (January 1950)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger. One year for $1.00.
The Lone Ranger and the Hooded Gang of Terrorists
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 23 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:
- The Lone Ranger pretends to be a robber to gain membership in "The Hooded Gang."
- Reprints:
- from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1948 newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Four tiers of panels per page.
The Lone Ranger and the Murder of Mr. Driscoll
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 16 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); Mustang Mag; Missouri
- Synopsis:
- Driscoll intends to foreclose the mortgage on the Lone Ranger's friend, Mustang Mag, but is shot and killed by someone who frames the Lone Ranger for the murder.
- Reprints:
- from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1948 newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Four tiers of panels per page.
Dead-Shot Dandy
text article / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Smith (credited)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Wild Bill Hickok; Tom Custer; Jack Crawford
- Synopsis:
- The true story of Wild Bill Hickok's days as Sheriff of Hays, Kansas, in 1869.
Indexer Notes
Text story with three illustrations.
[Return of the Sioux]
Young Hawk / comic story / 5.5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Tom Hickey
- Inks:
- Tom Hickey
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Young Hawk; Little Buck
- Synopsis:
- Safe in their wolf's den hideout, Young Hawk and Little Buck make a bow and some arrows and hunt a deer. But the Sioux return and chase Young Hawk to the edge of a cliff.
Indexer Notes
Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Use This Form for Your Own Subscription
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #19 (January 1950)
Indexer Notes
Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
The Quarter Horse
filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the Quarter Horse.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
Use This Form for Christmas Gift Subscriptions
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #19 (January 1950)
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #30 (December 1950)
- in The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #31 (January 1951)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
Chief Joseph Napoleon of the Nez Perces
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub?
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chief Joseph [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain] (Nez Perce Indian)
- Synopsis:
- Portrait of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces (1840-1904).
Indexer Notes
Back cover; 11th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors and chiefs. Actual name was just Chief Joseph, but he was called the "Red Napoleon" for his leadership of the Nez Perce during conflict with the Army in the State of Washington in the 1870s. This drawing is taken from a photograph of Chief Joseph taken in the 1880s.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Hold It!
-
2.
The Lone Ranger and the Hooded Gang of Terrorists
The Lone Ranger -
3.
The Lone Ranger and the Murder of Mr. Driscoll
The Lone Ranger -
4.
Dead-Shot Dandy
-
5.
[Return of the Sioux]
Young Hawk -
6.
Use This Form for Your Own Subscription
-
7.
The Quarter Horse
-
8.
Use This Form for Christmas Gift Subscriptions
-
9.
Chief Joseph Napoleon of the Nez Perces
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Merlin Haas
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