(September 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
Mo Gollub?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger jumps on Silver to escape two gunmen.

Bucking Horses (Table of Contents: 1)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about different types of bucking broncos.

Indexer Notes

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

[The False Lone Ranger] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 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
After a man impersonating the Lone Ranger is killed, the Lone Ranger and Tonto are captured by Indians but are rescued by a sheriff and his posse who want to try them for the murder.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.

[The Stolen Herd] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 7 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
Squint Feeney's gang is stealing cattle to sell to the Army.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Four tiers of panels per page.

[The Land Option] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 14 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 Healy family has an option to buy land in a valley. The owner of the land wants the option to lapse so that he can sell it to the railroad for a higher price.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1940 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

[The Burned Letters] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 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 Lone Ranger frames a man for bank robbery to get him locked up in jail where he will be safe from those who want him killed.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1939 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

Little Man's Medicine (Table of Contents: 6)

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
Synopsis
Little Man follows the band of Comanches who have captured his friend Buffalo Calf and saves a wild mustang from quicksand.

Indexer Notes

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

[Home Again] (Table of Contents: 7)

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
After escaping the prairie fire on the island, Young Hawk must kill a grizzly bear that attacks them as they leave. The trio return to Young Hawk and Little Buck's home village for the first time in two years.

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: 8)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.

Read This Exciting News Direct From The Lone Ranger (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is membership emblem and certificate for the Dell Comics Club.

Warrior 6 (Table of Contents: 10)

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. Bucking Horses
  3. 2. [The False Lone Ranger]
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. [The Stolen Herd]
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. [The Land Option]
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. [The Burned Letters]
    The Lone Ranger
  7. 6. Little Man's Medicine
    Little Man
  8. 7. [Home Again]
    Young Hawk
  9. 8. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  10. 9. Read This Exciting News Direct From The Lone Ranger
  11. 10. Warrior 6
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk