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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published October 1950
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Tonto; Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride from an Indian village.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "Indian Lore"

Synopsis Facts about Indian customs and tools.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Inks Al McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Half art, half text.

13 page The Lone Ranger story "Old Ben's Killer"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Two outlaws frame the Lone Ranger and Tonto for murdering old Ben.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Three tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1940 newspaper strips

14 page The Lone Ranger story "The Female Spy"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A girls poses as a dancer to find her father's killer.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Three tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1940 newspaper strips

12 page The Lone Ranger story "A Love Triangle"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Craven shoots kills his rival for the affection of a girl, then blames the Lone Ranger.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Three tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1940 newspaper strips

3 page Little Man text story "Little Man Pays a Vow"

Characters Little Man; Buffalo Calf
Synopsis After following the band of Comanches who have captured Buffalo Calf, Little Man is able to rescue his friend when the Comanches are attacked by a group of Mexicans.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations. Fifth episode in a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

5 page Young Hawk story "Dakotas Attack in the Snow"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Little Buck and Young Hawk are caught in a snowstorm away from the village. They are surrounded by Dakota warriors, but Young Hawk manages to escape and warn his village. Little Buck disappears.
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.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today"

Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #17

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! Five Full Color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver..in Action!"

Characters Lone Ranger; Young Hawk (cameo)
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #17

1 page illustration "Chief Three Fingers"

Characters Chief Three Fingers (Cheyenne Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Chief Three Fingers, Cheyenne tribe.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.