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

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

Pencils
Ernest Nordli? (painting)
Inks
Ernest Nordli? (painting)
Colors
Ernest Nordli? (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
Mounted on Silver, the Lone Ranger dodges a thrown noose.

The Cowboy’s Saddle (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Till Goodan
Inks
Till Goodan
Letters
Till Goodan?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about the cowboy’s saddle.

Indexer Notes

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

[Shanghaied] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Barbary Coast - the most lawless old spot in the world!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger disguises himself to be taken aboard a ship, where Shark Dawson holds a banker's daughter captive.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips

[Thunder Martin] (Table of Contents: 3)

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 is what I think o' the law!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger must find a way to capture 6-foot,4-inch, 307 lb. killer Thunder Martin.
Reprints
  • from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips

The Rescue of Little Crow (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jon Small
Inks
Jon Small
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Crow; Moose Mouth; Walking Tree
Synopsis
Little Crow is taken under the wing of Shawnee chief Walking Tree.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.

[The Turkey Hunter] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jon Small (signed)
Inks
Jon Small (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young Hawk! Look! Is this the great salt water?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
After losing their canoe to an angry bear, Young Hawk and Little Buck float down the Mississippi River on a log. They find a dugout canoe and paddle downstream where they save a Chickasaw turkey hunter from a rattlesnake.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline.

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

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

Free 5 Beautiful, Big Full Color Pictures (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Warrior 16 (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Number 16 in a series.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. The Cowboy’s Saddle
  3. 2. [Shanghaied]
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. [Thunder Martin]
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Rescue of Little Crow
  6. 5. [The Turkey Hunter]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  8. 7. Free 5 Beautiful, Big Full Color Pictures
  9. 8. Warrior 16
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk