(January 1952)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
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
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger shoots a gun from the hand of an outlaw.
Reprints

Look! Your Favorite Comic Book Every Month (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Santa Claus; Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is Gold plated Key Holder.

Before the Firing Squad (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 17.67 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
An Indian agent orders a chief's son to be killed to cause trouble that will cause the tribe to lose its lands, which he will then sell to a New York land company.

Indexer Notes

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

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Bottom of next to last page of first story in book. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1951. No circulation figures are given.

The Ghost Dance (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
The story of the Indian Ghost Buffalo uprising that was crushed at Wounded Knee.

Indexer Notes

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

Call from Afar (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Albert Micale
Inks
Albert Micale
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Keeto the Indian orphan is captivated by the shells of the trader Hanokam.

Indexer Notes

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

[Slaves] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis
After escaping from the village on the Rio Grande, Young Hawk and Little Buck are captured by Toltec slave traders. They are taken to Mexico City where they are sold to men who take the city's gold to the mountains to protect it from the Spanish Conquistadors.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork was first credited to Jon Small with a question mark.

[Subscription coupon] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Young Hawk; Little Buck (all cameos)

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics with cameos of five characters.

The Birchbark Canoe (Table of Contents: 8)

filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Jenney
Inks
Bob Jenney
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about the Indians' use of the birchbark canoe.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white; half art, half text.
Artwork was first credited to August Lenox with a question mark.

Use This Form for Christmas Gift Subscriptions (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic.

[The Coyote] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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

Indexer Notes

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Look! Your Favorite Comic Book Every Month
  3. 2. Before the Firing Squad
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership
  5. 4. The Ghost Dance
  6. 5. Call from Afar
  7. 6. [Slaves]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. [Subscription coupon]
  9. 8. The Birchbark Canoe
  10. 9. Use This Form for Christmas Gift Subscriptions
  11. 10. [The Coyote]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore