Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	April 1950
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis	As three armed men watch, Silver plays dead as the Lone Ranger hides behind a large cactus.
Genre	western
Notes	Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.

1 page filler "Three Ordeals"

Synopsis	Facts about the ordeals faced by candidates for chief of the Osage tribe.
Genre	Western; fact
Notes	Inside front cover; dark blue and white. Text and illustrations.

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Star Sapphire"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	Col. Yardley trades his wife's family jewels to a blackmailer in order to keep the real circumstances of their son's death a secret.
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) 1948 newspaper strips.

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Wheat Fire in Green Valley"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid
Synopsis	People from a settlement drain a lake to put out a wheat field fire set by Mr. Newton in order to cause a family to lose their farm.
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) 1948 newspaper strips.

3 page text story "Running Fox's Change of Heart"

Characters	Running Fox; Chief Wolf Jaw; Simon Kenton
Synopsis	Simon Kenton is captured by Wyandotte Indians and forced to run the gauntlet. Story told from the point of view of the Indian boy Running Fox.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with three illustrations. Continued in Lone Ranger #23. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

5 page Young Hawk story "The Deserted Pueblo"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis	Young Hawk, Little Buck, and White Fawn lose their canoe after an earthquake, then find a deserted pueblo village.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Pencils	Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks	Tom Hickey (signed)
Notes	Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.
Reprinted	in Lone Ranger, The (Wilson Publishing, 1949 series) #23

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)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrated 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 "Warrior 2"

Synopsis	Portrait of an Indian warrior.
Genre	western
Pencils	Mo Gollub ?
Inks	Mo Gollub ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover. Second in a series of portraits of unnamed Indian warriors.