Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	February 1949
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger jumps from Silver to grab the handrail on a railroad car.
Genre	western
Pencils	Mo Gollub?
Inks	Mo Gollub?
Notes	Part of cover reprinted in promo in The Lone Ranger #14. Cover has the "This is a King Features Comic" emblem.
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #14 (see notes)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!"

Characters	Lone Ranger, Silver (horse)
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic.
Reprinted	from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #7

30 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger on the Trail of a Criminal"

Characters	Lone Ranger (origin retold); Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Dan Reid (intro)
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger and Tonto trail the criminal, Higgins, from Texas to Montana.
Genre	western
Script	Fran Striker?
Pencils	Charles Flanders
Inks	Charles Flanders
Notes	four tiers of panels per page; Lone Ranger's origin retold. Introduction of Dan Reid, the Lone Ranger's nephew.
Reprinted	from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1943 newspaper strips.

11 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Secret Weapon"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Siver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger and Tonto take refuge from a blizzard, but find that the cabin is under siege by crooks who want a trapper's furs.
Genre	western
Script	Fran Striker?
Pencils	Charles Flanders
Inks	Charles Flanders
Notes	Four tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted	from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1944 newspaper strips.

2 page filler "Git Along, Little Dogies"

Synopsis	Lyrics to the traditional cowboy song "Git Along, Little Dogies" with illustrations.
Genre	western
Script	[traditional song]
Letters	typeset

3 page text article "Wild Bill Hickok and the Texas Badman"

Characters	Wild Bill Hickok; John Wesley Hardin; Bideno
Synopsis	Marshal Wild Bill Hickok's encounters with gunman John Wesley Hardin in Abilene, Kansas, in 1871.
Genre	western; fact
Script	Carl Smith (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text with three illustrations. Slightly fictionalized account of true events.

2 page Range Savvy filler "Cowboys and Their Horses"

Synopsis	Facts about cowboys and their horses.
Genre	western; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Indian Boats"

Synopsis	Facts about Indian boats.
Genre	western; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations with brief text.

1 page illustration "Chief Broken Arm - a Sioux Warrior"

Synopsis	Portrait of Chief Broken Arm - a Sioux Warrior.
Genre	western; fact
Pencils	Mo Gollub?
Inks	Mo Gollub?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover; first in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.