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Issue Details

Issue #47
Published May 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger peeks around a door and sees two crooks robbing a safe.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Gold-Plated Free Key Chain Holder"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key chain holder.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #40

18 page The Lone Ranger story "Hunter's Hollow"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The head of the Turner gang blows up a dam to cause a flood. This will allow members of the gang to escape from jail.
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 story "Sarah Winnemucca The Paiute Princess"

Characters Sarah Winnemucca
Synopsis True story of Sarah Winnemucca, peacemaker and leader of the Paiute Indians.
Genre western; fact; bio
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2 page text story "Little Man’s Loot"

Characters Little Man
Synopsis A young boy fears he will be blamed for a broken jug and ladle and runs away. He finds the nest of a pack rat and a cache of items that have been missing from the village.
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 "The Ball Game"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis After helping Pueblos kill a buffalo, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and High Cloud are guests in the city. The boys play a game of ball and their dog Tumbleweed gets into trouble by stealing the ball.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Inks Jon Small?
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page filler "Conqueror of the Apache"

Characters Cochise; General George Crook
Synopsis How General George Crook subdued Cochise and the Apaches in Arizona.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half art, half text.

1 page illustration "Jaguar"

Genre animal; fact
Pencils American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Inks American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Colors American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Color photograph of a jaguar diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text above.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #4