(October-November 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
Bill Harris ? (editor)

Issue Notes

first issue with new logo

[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)
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger fires pistol from seat of surrey.
Reprints

Enjoy your Favorite Dell Comic (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Disguise that Failed (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 Lone Ranger infiltrates a railroad work camp in disguise to find out who is extorting kickbacks from the workers
Reprints

Under Attack (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; Dan Reid
Synopsis
The Lone Ranger helps a Army outfit rebuilding a fort fight off Cheyenne Indians.
Reprints

The Schoolmarm (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
School teacher Mort Baker tries to persuade his students not to admire gunslingers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

text story with 1/8 page illustration

The Wrong Wagon (Table of Contents: 5)

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 has to decide which of two wagons contains the loot from a robbery.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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

Young Hawk / comic story / 6.83 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It looks the same as if we had only left home yesterday, Young Hawk!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
After many months of traveling, Young Hawk and Little Buck return to their home village only to find that sickness killed their parents a year earlier. The Spirit Bear directs Little Buck to leave and head north and west. They cross the mountains to the Columbia River.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Inside a Tepee (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger (cameo)
Synopsis
Facts about Indian tepees "narrated" by the Lone Ranger.
Reprints

The Call for Fall! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Jumping Jacks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Win this Life-Size Aerojet Training Space Ship! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Kraft Marshmallows / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Fresh up" Freddie Says: "Right now, you're probably asking yourself - what does a hot test pilot drink for a quick refreshing lift?" (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Enjoy your Favorite Dell Comic
  3. 2. The Disguise that Failed
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. Under Attack
    The Lone Ranger
  5. 4. The Schoolmarm
  6. 5. The Wrong Wagon
    The Lone Ranger
  7. 6. ["It looks the same as if we had only left home yesterday, Young Hawk!"]
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. Inside a Tepee
  9. 8. The Call for Fall!
    Jumping Jacks
  10. 9. Win this Life-Size Aerojet Training Space Ship!
    Kraft Marshmallows
  11. 10. "Fresh up" Freddie Says: "Right now, you're probably asking yourself - what does a hot test pilot drink for a quick refreshing lift?"
    7-Up
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