(February 1950)
- 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
The Chisholm Trail...
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Wade Hampton (signed)
- Inks:
- John Wade Hampton (signed)
- Letters:
- John Wade Hampton (signed)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Western; fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and text.
The Lone Ranger and the Strange Birthday Present
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 39 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 is accused of killing a messenger who had a letter that was to be delivered to Bob Lawton on his 18th birthday.
- Reprints:
- from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1947 newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Three tiers of panels per page.
The Yarns of Old Gabe
text article / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Smith (credited)
- Pencils:
- Tom Hickey [as T.H.] (signed)
- Inks:
- Tom Hickey [as T.H.] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Jim Bridger
- Synopsis:
- The fables told by frontier scout Jim Bridger in the early part of the 19th century. Bridger was one of the first white men to see Yellowstone Park, but when he described the sights he'd seen, no one believed him. Miffed, he concocted far-fetched tales based on the wonders of the old west.
Indexer Notes
Text story with three illustrations.
[The Cougar Killer]
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; White Fawn
- Synopsis:
- Young Hawk is injured while killing a cougar.
Indexer Notes
Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #17 (November 1949)
Indexer Notes
Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?; Bill Ely
- Inks:
- ?; Bill Ely
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo); Young Hawk (cameo); Zorro
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is free copy of “The Mark of Zorro” Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #228. Cover of Four Color #228 and a interior drawing of Zorro from the comic are shown. Both have art by Bill Ely.
Wolf Head
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub?
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Wolf Head (Blackfoot Indian)
- Synopsis:
- Portrait of Wolf Head, "the greatest medicine man of the Blackfoot nation."
Indexer Notes
Back cover; 13th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors and chiefs.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Chisholm Trail...
-
2.
The Lone Ranger and the Strange Birthday Present
The Lone Ranger -
3.
The Yarns of Old Gabe
-
4.
[The Cougar Killer]
Young Hawk -
5.
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-
6.
Special Offer to Readers of this Comic!
-
7.
Wolf Head
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Merlin Haas
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