(April 1950)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
As three armed men watch, Silver plays dead as the Lone Ranger hides behind a large cactus.

Indexer Notes

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

Candidates for Chief Among the Osages Had to Undergo Three Ordeals (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about the ordeals faced by candidates for chief of the Osage tribe.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; dark blue and white. Text and illustrations.

The Lone Ranger and the Star Sapphire (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Fran Striker ?
Pencils
Charles Flanders
Inks
Charles Flanders
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
Col. Yardley trades his wife's family jewels to a blackmailer in order to keep the real circumstances of their son's death a secret.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1948 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.

The Lone Ranger and the Wheat Fire in Green Valley (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Fran Striker ?
Pencils
Charles Flanders
Inks
Charles Flanders
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis
People from a settlement drain a lake to put out a wheat field fire set by Mr. Newton in order to cause a family to lose their farm.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1948 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

Running Fox's Change of Heart (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Running Fox; Chief Wolf Jaw; Simon Kenton
Synopsis
Simon Kenton is captured by Wyandotte Indians and forced to run the gauntlet. Story told from the point of view of the Indian boy Running Fox.

Indexer Notes

Three illustrations.
Continued in Lone Ranger #23.
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Young Hawk / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks
Tom Hickey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll sink, Young Hawk...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis
Young Hawk, Little Buck, and White Fawn lose their canoe after an earthquake, then find a deserted pueblo village.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.

Free! Five Full Color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver.. in Action! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger; Young Hawk (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger.

Warrior 2 (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Portrait of an Indian warrior.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Second in a series of portraits of unnamed Indian warriors.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Candidates for Chief Among the Osages Had to Undergo Three Ordeals
  3. 2. The Lone Ranger and the Star Sapphire
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Lone Ranger and the Wheat Fire in Green Valley
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Running Fox's Change of Heart
  6. 5. ["We'll sink, Young Hawk..."]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  8. 7. Free! Five Full Color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver.. in Action!
  9. 8. Warrior 2
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore