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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published July 1949
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger reaches for his gun as an arrow hits the wall beside him.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Notes Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.

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

Characters Lone Ranger, Silver (horse); Tonto; Scout (horse)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Different than promo in Lone Ranger #12 with same name.

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and The Killer Hood Gang"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Killer Hood Gang kidnaps the daughter of the owner of the El Dorado gold mine.
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) 1941 newspaper strips.

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Murder at Midnight"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Mustang Mag
Synopsis Mustang Mag's boarder Old Missouri is framed for the murder of Hermit Joe.
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 story "Bear Evidence"

Characters Fred Burris; Chet Bayliss; Tiny Burris
Synopsis A bear hunt leads to one man accidentally shooting another and a teen getting mauled by a wounded bear.
Genre adventure
Pencils Bill Ely (signed)
Inks Bill Ely (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations; first fiction text story in this series.

6 page Young Hawk story "Buffalo on an Island"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis After losing their horse, Young Hawk and Little Buck take refuge on an island where they have to hide from buffalo hunters.
Genre western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey
Notes Part of a continuing storyline; first story with three tiers of panels per page. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

1 page filler "War Clubs and Tomahawks"

Synopsis Facts about Indian war clubs and tomahawks. Also info on lacrosse sticks.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page illustration "Geronimo-An Apache Chief"

Characters Geronimo (Apache Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Geronimo, a famous Apache chief (1828-1909).
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; sixth in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.