(June-July 1960)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-04-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Western Adventure
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Bill Harris (editor)

Issue Notes

Harris confirmed as editor per his biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics!, Vol 29, No.5, May 2018. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[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 leans through a hole in a wall, gun drawn.
Reprints

Free Magnifying Glass (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The River Fight (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill (& assistants)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis
A gang of Mexican bandits is holding the Queen Ranch under siege. The Lone Ranger uses a riverboat to gain entry to the ranch.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).

The Hunt Fetish (Table of Contents: 3)

The Lone Ranger 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 must decide which Zuni tribesman stole a "Pray God."
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).

The Wolfer (Table of Contents: 4)

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
Synopsis
A white wolf is a "medicine wolf" to a band of Indians. A wolf hunter wants to kill him for the bounty.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008).

Dan Casey’s Star (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Deputy Ken Murrow must convince a gunman to surrender without using his gun.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

text story with 1/4 page illustration

Young Hawk Runs the Gauntlet (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis
Traveling north along the Alaska inner shoreline, Young Hawk and his crew find their way blocked a large group of grizzly bears feeding on salmon.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Stage Coach (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
facts about stage coaches
Reprints

Stage Stations (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
facts about stage coach stations.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white

Home Run Hero Starring Friskie Fudgie (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Kraft Fudgies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Lone Ranger
  2. 1. Free Magnifying Glass
  3. 2. The River Fight
    The Lone Ranger
  4. 3. The Hunt Fetish
    The Lone Ranger Mystery
  5. 4. The Wolfer
    The Lone Ranger
  6. 5. Dan Casey’s Star
  7. 6. Young Hawk Runs the Gauntlet
    Young Hawk
  8. 7. The Stage Coach
  9. 8. Stage Stations
  10. 9. Home Run Hero Starring Friskie Fudgie
    Kraft Fudgies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Dan Kocher
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore