The Lone Ranger #20

(February 1950)

The Chisholm Trail... (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Hampton (signed as John Wade Hamptom)

Inks

John Hampton (signed as John Wade Hamptom)

Letters

John Hampton (signed as John Wade Hamptom)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After the civil war Texas ranchmen returned to find their range overstocked.

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Facts about cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover in black and white with illustrations and text plus the publisher & indicia information.

The Lone Ranger and the Strange Birthday Present (Table of Contents: 2)

The Lone Ranger / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script

Fran Striker ?

Pencils

Charles Flanders

Inks

Charles Flanders

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L.R. #20-502

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hutch, are you sure old Danvers will come along this trail today?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis

The Lone Ranger is accused of killing a messenger who had a letter that was to be delivered to Bob Lawton on his 18th birthday.

Reprints

• from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1947 newspaper strips.

Indexer Notes

Three tiers of panels per page.

The Yarns of Old Gabe (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Smith (credited)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (signed as TH)

Inks

Tom Hickey (signed as TH)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jim Bridger perhaps the greatest of the old scouts, had explored more of the West than any other living man.

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Jim Bridger

Synopsis

The fables told by frontier scout Jim Bridger in the early part of the 19th century. Bridger was one of the first white men to see Yellowstone Park, but when he described the sights he'd seen, no one believed him. Miffed, he concocted far-fetched tales based on the wonders of the old west.

Indexer Notes

Text story with three illustrations.

[The Cougar Killer] (Table of Contents: 4)

Young Hawk / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Tom Hickey

Inks

Tom Hickey

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're hung up...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn

Synopsis

Young Hawk is injured while killing a cougar.

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Special Offer to Readers of this Comic! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Wolf Head (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Morris Gollub ?

Inks

Morris Gollub ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The greatest medicine man of the Blackfoot.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Wolf Head (Blackfoot Indian)

Synopsis

Portrait of Wolf Head, "the greatest medicine man of the Blackfoot nation."

Indexer Notes

Back cover; 13th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors and chiefs.