(February 1958)

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
Dell
Editing
?

The Great Stage Race (Table of Contents)

The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger (photograph of Clayton Moore)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger reaches for his guns as he steps off a board sidewalk.

Plants of the West (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
facts about desert plants

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; black and white; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman’s personal records.

The Great Stage Race (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
Dan Kentown uses gunmen to stop a rival stage line's shipments.

Indexer Notes

Unusual in that horses are killed by gunfire; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

The Blocked Train (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger Solve the Mystery / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail train robbers to a town. The mystery is how they identify the robber's horses without having seen them during the chase.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

#3 in "Solve the Mystery" series; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Young Hawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You are right, Young Hawk---
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Young Hawk and Little Buck follow a river in a deep canyon in Mexico. They start a landslide to escape an ambush by strange warriors.

Indexer Notes

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

Backfire (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Practical joker Gilly Ward thinks bank robbery is just a joke played on him.
Reprints

Dan Reid's Ordeal (Table of Contents: 6)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis
Dan Reid interrupts an Indian shaman trying to make a bulletproof shirt and is taken prisoner.

Indexer Notes

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

The Prairie Dog (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
facts about prairie dogs

Indexer Notes

bottom 1/3 is promo for Dell's Tonto comic; script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S.Newman's personal records.

How Will Tonto Get "Into the Enemy Camp"? (Table of Contents: 8)

Tonto / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tonto (cameo)

Indexer Notes

promo for Dell’s Tonto comic. Line drawing of the painted cover to Tonto #30 is depicted.

You Need It! You Want It! And It's Free! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Lone Ranger

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is Dell Comic Pocket Picture Holder; Also Dell’s Pledge to Parents

Hans and Greta (1958 Version) (Table of Contents: 10)

7-Up / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
teen

Indexer Notes

back cover; ad for Seven-Up soft drink. Retelling of Hansel & Gretel story in teen slang, with illustrations.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Great Stage Race
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Plants of the West
  3. 2. The Great Stage Race
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Blocked Train
    The Lone Ranger Solve the Mystery
  5. 4. ["You are right, Young Hawk---"]
    Young Hawk
  6. 5. Backfire
  7. 6. Dan Reid's Ordeal
    The Lone Ranger
  8. 7. The Prairie Dog
  9. 8. How Will Tonto Get "Into the Enemy Camp"?
    Tonto
  10. 9. You Need It! You Want It! And It's Free!
  11. 10. Hans and Greta (1958 Version)
    7-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore