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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published June 1949
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver, gun drawn.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Notes Cover has "This is a King Feature" emblem.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics are Good Comics"

Characters Lone Ranger, Silver (horse)
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Includes partial reprint of the cover to Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #9.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #9 (see notes)

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Bank Hold-Up"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A newspaper editor sees the Sheriff let a bank robber escape after killing a teller.
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) 1945 newspaper strips.

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Land Grab Scheme"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Victor (horse)
Synopsis A unpopular man gets revenge after his death by willing that his ranch be divided and opened to homesteaders, who are required to have a criminal record.
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.

3 page text article "The Passing of Buckshot Roberts"

Characters Buckshot Roberts; Billy the Kid
Synopsis Retelling of the gunfight between Buckshot Roberts and Billy the Kid's gang in the Lincoln County War.
Genre western; fact
Script Carl Smith (credited)
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

6 page Young Hawk story "Cougar and Sioux"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis A pair of Sioux warriors who were attracted by the smoke from Little Buck's cooking fire are killed by Young Hawk and a cougar.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois?
Notes Part of a continuing storyline; four tiers of panels per page.

1 page filler "Navaho Craftsmanship"

Synopsis Facts about how Navahos make their jewelry and pottery.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations and text.

1 page illustration "Chief Keokuk, Head Chief of Fox-Sacs"

Characters Chief Keokuk (Fox-Sac Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Chief Keokuk, Head Chief of the Fox-Sacs.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; fifth in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.