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- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto
Inside front cover; black and white; mostly art promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key holder.
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Tom Gill
- Inks
- Tom Gill
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis
- A bandit named Dirk forces Pegleg Prindle and Dan Reid to do some blasting so he can recover bank loot.
- Reprints
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Tom Gill
- Inks
- Tom Gill
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
- Synopsis
- Dick Carlyle is searching for his artist father, who is staying with Navajos. He stays at his uncle's ranch, not knowing it is the base for marauding Apache raiders.
- Reprints
Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois (sourced) (Entry states: "Engagement Gift. text for Lone Ranger Comics. Sent January 14, 1952.")
- Pencils
- Albert Micale
- Inks
- Albert Micale
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nenookah the Hunter; Kicking Horse
- Synopsis
- Nenookah the Hunter must kill the Devil Cougar of Thunder Lake to win the hand of the fair Nesting Dove.
- Reprints
Du Bois writer credit corroborated in secondary source: Page 1113 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Books and Pamphlets Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 6 Pt 1B. Entry states: "Engagement gift. [Story] (In the Lone Ranger, Aug. 1952, p. 21-22) [Appl. author: Western Print. & Lithographing Co., employer for hire of Gaylord Du Bois] © Western Print. & Lithographing Co.; 24Jun52; B5-21721."
Text story with two illustrations.
Script credit was first supplied to GCD by Robin Snyder, "taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records."
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- Rex Maxon
- Inks
- Rex Maxon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure this hogan is empty, Young Hawk?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Young Hawk; Little Buck; Desert Lark
- Synopsis
- Young Hawk and Little Buck escape a dust storm by entering a hogan containing a long dead man. They travel north to the Grand Canyon, where they find a young Pueblo girl, Desert Lark, and the three descend into the canyon to escape Navajos.
Part of a continuing storyline. First appearance of Desert Lark. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.
- Script
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- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Two Indian-style picture stories to decipher.
Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.
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- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Ralph Kiner
Back cover. Color ad in strip form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Pittsburg Pirates first baseman Ralph Kiner. First in "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series to appear in this title.