(August 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- standard newsstand comic book
Issue Notes
Last 36 page issue until #75.
[no title indexed]
The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
- Inks:
- Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
- Colors:
- Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger
- Synopsis:
- An outlaw fires from behind as The Lone Ranger is walking down an alley.
[Heap Good, Tell’um Kids...]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; mostly art promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key holder.
Old Cheyenne
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis:
- A bandit named Dirk forces Pegleg Prindle and Dan Reid to do some blasting so he can recover bank loot.
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.
The Navajo Trail
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Dick Carlyle is searching for his artist father, who is staying with Navajos. He stays at his uncle's ranch, not knowing it is the base for marauding Apache raiders.
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.
Engagement Gift
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Nenookah the Hunter; Kicking Horse
- Synopsis:
- Nenookah the Hunter must kill the Devil Cougar of Thunder Lake to win the hand of the fair Nesting Dove.
Indexer Notes
Text story with two illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.
[Desert Lark]
Young Hawk / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jon Small
- Inks:
- Jon Small
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Young Hawk; Little Buck; Desert Lark
- Synopsis:
- Young Hawk and Little Buck escape a dust storm by entering a hogan containing a long dead man. They travel north to the Grand Canyon, where they find a young Pueblo girl, Desert Lark, and the three descend into the canyon to escape Navajos.
Indexer Notes
Part of a continuing storyline. First appearance of Desert Lark. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Indian Picture Stories
activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Synopsis:
- Two Indian-style picture stories to decipher.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.
Ralph Kiner Sparks Team in Clutch!
Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Ralph Kiner
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Color ad in strip form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Pittsburg Pirates first baseman Ralph Kiner. First in "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series to appear in this title.
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Heap Good, Tell’um Kids...]
-
2.
Old Cheyenne
The Lone Ranger -
3.
The Navajo Trail
The Lone Ranger -
4.
Engagement Gift
-
5.
[Desert Lark]
Young Hawk -
6.
Indian Picture Stories
-
7.
Ralph Kiner Sparks Team in Clutch!
Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Klein
- Merlin Haas
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