(February-March 1959)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Railroad Issue

[no title indexed] (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 (Clayton Moore); Silver
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger mounted on Silver. Etching of old railroad engine in background.
Reprints

Not One!, Not Two! But Three Handsome Ball Point Pens! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

One-Way Tracks to Danger (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The operator of a casino tries to delay a crew building a railroad so that they will continue to get the workers' business.
Reprints

The End of the Line (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
Sioux change signals to cause two trains to collide in a snowstorm, hoping to spark a range war.
Reprints

Robbery on Schedule (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger must find an informant who is tipping off bandits on which train to rob.

Indexer Notes

A "Solve the Mystery" story; though not billed as such.

Blazing Tumbleweed (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Seth Baldwin
Synopsis
Seth Baldwin uses burning tumbleweeds to stop a cattle stampede.

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/4 page illustration.

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

Young Hawk / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yark! Yarrrk!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Leaving the Pecos River, Young Hawk and Little Buck make their way to the Red River, where they build a raft and go downstream to the Mississippi. Little Buck's leg is broken by the thrashing tail of a dying alligator.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline; last panel is Dell's Pledge to Parents.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Helen Meyer (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1958. No circulation figures given.

Our Pioneers (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
facts about early pioneers

Draw Lincoln (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Fresh Up" Freddy Says: "Right Now, You're Probably Asking Yourself - How Does a Sporty Sports Car Driver Quench His Thirst in a Traffic Jam?" (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

7-Up / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Not One!, Not Two! But Three Handsome Ball Point Pens!
  3. 2. One-Way Tracks to Danger
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The End of the Line
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. Robbery on Schedule
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. Blazing Tumbleweed
  7. 6. ["Yark! Yarrrk!"]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Our Pioneers
  10. 9. Draw Lincoln
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  11. 10. "Fresh Up" Freddy Says: "Right Now, You're Probably Asking Yourself - How Does a Sporty Sports Car Driver Quench His Thirst in a Traffic Jam?"
    7-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Bob Hughes