Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	September 1951
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger fires while protecting an unconscious Tonto.
Genre	western
Pencils	Ernest Nordli (painting)
Inks	Ernest Nordli (painting)
Colors	Ernest Nordli (painting)

1 page filler "Scouts of the Cavalry"

Synopsis	Facts about civilian and Indian scouts for the Cavalry.
Genre	western; fact
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white. Half art, half text.

18 page The Lone Ranger story "Disputed Territory"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	A rancher tries to force a surveyor to get a railroad to cross his land so the government will have to buy it.
Genre	western
Script	Paul S. Newman
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill
Notes	Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

18 page The Lone Ranger story "As the Arrow Points"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	A wagon train faces perils from the Vulture Gang and renegade Apaches.
Genre	western
Script	Paul S. Newman
Pencils	Tom Gill (signed)
Inks	Tom Gill (signed)
Notes	Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

2 page Wolf Brother text story "Wolf Brother Returns"

Characters	Wolf Brother; Prairie Rose
Synopsis	Pawnee Wolf Brother steals horses to take his wounded bride-to-be Prairie Rose to safety.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with three illustrations. Third in a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

9 page Young Hawk story "Hurricane in the Bayou"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis	High Cloud tells the legend of the wildcat and the deer. Later the three weather a hurricane in a Mississippi River bayou.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small
Notes	Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

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 5 Beautiful, Big Full Color Pictures"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is five free Lone Ranger pictures.
Reprinted	from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #35

1 page illustration "Mountain Goat"

Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Inks	American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Colors	American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover. Color photograph of mountain goat diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.