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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto return fire behind the cover of barrels and boxes.

The Indian Horse (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks
August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about Indian horses.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; black and white; half text, half art.

The Train from Independence (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
Three outlaws stir up Indians into attacking a wagon train so that they can steal the $50,000 aboard.

Indexer Notes

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

Red Cloud's Victory (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Red Cloud
Synopsis
Sioux chief Red Cloud loses a battle to Army soldiers and their new repeating rifles, but still wins the war when the government decides to abandon its forts in the Sioux hunting grounds.

Indexer Notes

Sequel to "Red Cloud's First Battle" in Lone Ranger #44.

The Long Bow (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hyoko the Cripple; Tyu; Laughing Maiden
Synopsis
Chaco cliff dweller Tyu makes a bow larger and stronger than any in his tribe and uses it to drive off Navajo raiders.

Indexer Notes

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

[Apaches attack Pueblo] (Table of Contents: 5)

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; Tuari
Synopsis
After rescuing the young Pueblo hunter Tuari and his wife from raiding Apaches, Young Hawk, Little Buck and High Cloud return with the pair to their city on a lake. That night they help fight off an Apache attack.

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.
First story with Rex Maxon, a Tarzan newspaper artist.

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

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

Script
?
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
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger (cameo)

Indexer Notes

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

[Alaska Brown Bear] (Table of Contents: 8)

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 Alaska Brown Bears diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. The Indian Horse
  3. 2. The Train from Independence
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Red Cloud's Victory
  5. 4. The Long Bow
  6. 5. [Apaches attack Pueblo]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today
  8. 7. Action! Thrills! Excitement!
  9. 8. [Alaska Brown Bear]
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk