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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published August 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Last 36 page issue until #75.

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis An outlaw fires from behind as The Lone Ranger is walking down an alley.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed) (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Heap Good, Tell’um Kids..."

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; mostly art promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key holder.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "Old Cheyenne"

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.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

10 page The Lone Ranger story "The Navajo Trail"

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.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

2 page text story "Engagement Gift"

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.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with two illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Desert Lark"

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.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. First appearance of Desert Lark. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page activity "Indian Picture Stories"

Synopsis Two Indian-style picture stories to decipher.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Ralph Kiner Sparks Team in Clutch!"

Characters Ralph Kiner
Genre sports
Notes 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.