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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published October 1951
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis Three outlaws pursue the Lone Ranger and Silver through a narrow canyon.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli (painting) (signed)
Inks Ernest Nordli (painting) (signed)
Colors Ernest Nordli (painting) (signed)

1 page story "Watchmen of the Range"

Synopsis Facts about cowboys who do the “Night Hawk” and “Fence Rider” jobs on a cattle ranch.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

18 page The Lone Ranger story "Cattle Trail Fight"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Dude Gorman hires gunmen to get his cattle herd to Junction City before the other ranchers. The number of cattle cars is limited, so if Gorman fills them all, the other ranchers won't be able to sell their cattle and will be forced to sell their ranches to Gorman.
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 "Rifles at the Railhead"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Lucky Kendal plans to delay construction of a railroad through Long Valley so that he can buy up the devalued railroad stock and own the company.
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.

2 page Wolf Brother text story "Wolf Brother and the Gray Killer"

Characters Wolf Brother; Prairie Rose
Synopsis Wolf Brother and Prairie Rose fight a grizzly bear.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with two illustrations. Fourth in a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

9 page Young Hawk story "The Outrigger Canoe"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis Young Hawk invents an outrigger pontoon for his canoe so that it won't upset.
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) "Action! Thrills! Excitement!"

Characters Lone Ranger
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 in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #41; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #44; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #45

1 page illustration "Grant Caribou"

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 a Grant Caribou diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #3