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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published September 1949
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger uses a wrestling hold to disarm a thug.
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)
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Different from promo in The Lone Ranger #14 with same name. Includes partial reprint of the cover to The Lone Ranger #12.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #12 (see notes)

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Bridge Across Ghost Canyon"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A crooked foreman sabotages the building of a bridge over a canyon and places the blame on the Lone Ranger.
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) 1946 or 1947 newspaper strips.

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Escape of Brazos Bill"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Insane killer Brazos Bill escapes from prison and goes on a rampage.
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) 1946 or 1947 newspaper strips.

3 page text article "Ranger Captain of the Lone Star State"

Characters Captain Bill McDonald; Bill Ogle
Synopsis Adventures of "Captain Bill" McDonald of the Texas Rangers during the 1890s.
Genre western; fact; bio
Script Carl Smith?
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

6 page Young Hawk story "Fire Arrows"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Wolf; Singing Bird
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck use fire arrows to fend off a Sioux attack of their home village.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page filler "The Pole and Hoop Game"

Synopsis Facts about the Plains Indians pole and hoop game.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page illustration "Chief Grant Richards of the Tonkawa Tribe"

Characters Chief Grant Richards (Tonkawa Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Chief Grant Richards of the Tonkawa Tribe.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; 8th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.