(March 1951)

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
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger straddles a large branch of a tree as he waits for three outlaws to come within range of his gun.

Among the Blackfeet (Table of Contents: 1)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about Blackfeet Indians.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white.

[The Stolen Identity] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mail! Come and get it, boys!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
Coming to Summit to claim his deceased uncle's silver mine, Chip Brady is robbed of papers proving his identity.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

[The Rain Maker's Friend] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great Scott! What's that?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Mr. Boggs [The Rain Maker]; Silver (horse); Victor (horse)
Synopsis
A gang captures the Indian friend of Mr. Boggs, the Rain Maker.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

[Timber Thievery] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This, Dan, is redwood country.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Victor (horse)
Synopsis
Mr. Warren is stealing timber in the redwood forests.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

The Ordeal of Sleeping Bear (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Albert Micale [as A. M.] (signed)
Inks
Albert Micale [as A. M.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sleeping Bear
Synopsis
Cheyenne Sleeping Bear must rescue his wife and daughters from the Dakotas.

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illustrations. Initials "AM" in first illustration. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork was first credited to Al McWilliams with a questionmark, but this is Al Micale.

[Building a Canoe] (Table of Contents: 6)

Young Hawk / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After three weeks, the two young Mandans...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Young Hawk and Little Buck leave the Winnebago village at night to escape Young Hawk's arranged marriage with Rippling Water. After being attacked by a cougar, the pair end up stranded on an island where they build a canoe.

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)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.

This Trade-Mark of a Quality Comics Magazine Appears on Every Cover of The Lone Ranger (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is five free Lone Ranger pictures.

Warrior 14 (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Portrait of unnamed Indian warrior.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Among the Blackfeet
  3. 2. [The Stolen Identity]
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. [The Rain Maker's Friend]
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. [Timber Thievery]
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. The Ordeal of Sleeping Bear
  7. 6. [Building a Canoe]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  9. 8. This Trade-Mark of a Quality Comics Magazine Appears on Every Cover of The Lone Ranger
  10. 9. Warrior 14
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk