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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published September 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes First 52 page issue since #41; 52 page issues continue until #75.

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Tonto hangs from Scout’s saddle while the Lone Ranger fires at two men.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Reprinted in Lone Ranger (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (with different logo)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Lone Ranger Does It Again!..."

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 five Lone Ranger pinup pictures.

12 page The Lone Ranger story "Rustler's Hide-out"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Jake Johnson's cow hands are rustling cattle.
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 records.

15 page The Lone Ranger story "Stand-ins for Murder"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A pair of outlaws impersonate the Lone Ranger and Tonto and pull off a string of crimes.
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 records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2

1 page Wonders of the West filler "Sequoia"

Synopsis Facts about the Sequoia and Redwood trees of California.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Mostly art with some text.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2

8 page The Lone Ranger story "Garland's Grudge"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Railroad construction foreman Bill Yates is shot by Garland, a worker he fired.
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 records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2

2 page text story "Seed of the Sun"

Characters Red Horn; Yellow Singer
Synopsis Apaches wipe out a mining party and put the gold they have taken back into the ground.
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 "Rafting down the Grand Canyon"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Desert Lark
Synopsis Young Hawk, Little Buck, and the young Pueblo girl, Desert Lark, build a raft and descend down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Leaving the river they go west across the desert.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page filler The Colt "Lightning"

Characters Billy the Kid
Synopsis Facts about the Colt “Lightning” handgun, which was used by Billy the Kid.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2

1 page Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You! advertisement "Preacher Roe Sparks in Pitching Duel!"

Characters Preacher Roe
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.