(April 1953)

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
Dell Comic
Editing
?

[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; Tonto; Silver (horse)
Synopsis
With a train bearing down on them on a trestle, the Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver to rescue Tonto, who is lying on the tracks.

I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter! (Table of Contents: 1)

Mars; Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; color; illustrated ad for Milky Way candy bars.

The Smiling Caballero (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 20 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
Juan Lopez, the Smiling Caballero, gains others' trust before robbing them and rustling their cattle.

Indexer Notes

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

Shadow of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 15 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
The Lone Ranger and Tonto take a doctor to stop a diphtheria epidemic in an Apache village.

Indexer Notes

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

Horses for Orani (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wind Maiden
Synopsis
Navajo girl Wind Maiden fools some Paiutes and captures their horses.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Young Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You brought these, Young Hawk?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish
Synopsis
After leading the Sea People to the lode of copper they had discovered, Young Hawk and Little Buck take a dozen men to recover the canoes the Waikish had stolen.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Last appearance of The Raven and Chief Blackfish. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "Trees for Sails."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi-Yo kids! Here’s your official Dell Comics Club pen!
Characters
Lone Ranger

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics. Premium is Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Whitman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go ahead... you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Whitman Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-A-Tale children's books.

Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race (Table of Contents: 8)

Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Gretchen Fraser

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Olympic slalom skier Gretchen Fraser.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. I'm Takin' It Easy This Easter!
    Mars; Milky Way
  3. 2. The Smiling Caballero
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Shadow of Death
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Horses for Orani
  6. 5. ["You brought these, Young Hawk?"]
    Young Hawk
  7. 6. ["Hi-Yo kids! Here’s your official Dell Comics Club pen!"]
  8. 7. ["Go ahead... you can really pet the fuzzy yellow cat!"]
    Whitman
  9. 8. Gretchen Fraser Sparks in Ski Race
    Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
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  • Mike Nielsen
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