(August 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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mo Gollub?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger jumps off Silver and tackles two outlaws.

Western Bridles (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan (signed)
Inks
Till Goodan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Till Goodan

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about horse bridles.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Half art, half text.

The Lone Ranger and the Black Barton Gang (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; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
The Black Barton gang kidnaps the Sheriff's daughter.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Various sized panels per page.

The Lone Ranger Outwits Killer Dorn (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
A outlaw kills Bart Dixon, then impersonates him in order to gain control of a gold mine.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Various-sized panels per page.

The Lone Ranger and the Kidnappers (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
A child's parents are killed by a band of Indians. Two men seek to kill the youngster to gain a fortune back east.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Various-sized panels per page.

Little Man's Friendship (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Man / text story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Man; Buffalo Calf; Bah Chee
Synopsis
Little Man and his friend Buffalo Calf go raiding to capture enough horses to pay the dowry for Bah Chee. Buffalo Calf is captured by Comanches.

Indexer Notes

Three illustrations.
Third in a continuing storyline.
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

[Prairie Fire] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis
With their buffalo calf Dancing Bull pulling a travois with their supplies, the trio move within a day's travel of the boys' home camp. They escape a prairie fire by taking refuge on an island.

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: 7) (Expand) /

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

Read This Exciting News Direct From The Lone Ranger (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Warrior 5 (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Portrait of an unnamed Indian warrior.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Part of a series.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Western Bridles
  3. 2. The Lone Ranger and the Black Barton Gang
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Lone Ranger Outwits Killer Dorn
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Lone Ranger and the Kidnappers
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. Little Man's Friendship
    Little Man
  7. 6. [Prairie Fire]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  9. 8. Read This Exciting News Direct From The Lone Ranger
  10. 9. Warrior 5
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dick Sabo
  • Ramon Schenk