The Lone Ranger #40

(October 1951)

Watchmen of the Range (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Facts about cowboys who do the “Night Hawk” and “Fence Rider” jobs on a cattle ranch.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white.

Cattle Trail Fight (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis

Dude Gorman hires gunmen to get his cattle herd to Junction City before the other ranchers. The number of cattle cars is limited, so if Gorman fills them all, the other ranchers won't be able to sell their cattle and will be forced to sell their ranches to Gorman.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

Rifles at the Railhead (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Paul S. Newman

Pencils

Tom Gill

Inks

Tom Gill

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis

Lucky Kendal plans to delay construction of a railroad through Long Valley so that he can buy up the devalued railroad stock and own the company.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

Wolf Brother and the Gray Killer (Table of Contents: 4)

Wolf Brother / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Jon Small

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Wolf Brother; Prairie Rose

Synopsis

Wolf Brother and Prairie Rose fight a grizzly bear.

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illustrations. Fourth in a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.

[The Outrigger Canoe] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Jon Small

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud

Synopsis

Young Hawk invents an outrigger pontoon for his canoe so that it won't upset.

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

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Pencils

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.

Action! Thrills! Excitement! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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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.

[Grant Caribou] (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

American Museum of Natural History, N. Y. (photograph)

Inks

American Museum of Natural History, N. Y. (photograph)

Colors

American Museum of Natural History, N. Y. (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; animal

Reprints

• in The Lone Ranger (Western, 1964 series) #3 (March 1966)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Color photograph of a Grant Caribou diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.