Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	March 1952
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis	The Lone Ranger and Tonto return fire behind the cover of barrels and boxes.
Genre	western
Pencils	Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Inks	Ernest Nordli ? (painting)
Colors	Ernest Nordli ? (painting)

1 page filler "The Indian Horse"

Synopsis	Facts about Indian horses.
Genre	western; fact
Pencils	August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks	August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover; black and white; half text, half art.

18 page The Lone Ranger story "The Train from Independence"

Characters	Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis	Three outlaws stir up Indians into attacking a wagon train so that they can steal the $50,000 aboard.
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 story "Red Cloud's Victory"

Characters	Red Cloud
Synopsis	Sioux chief Red Cloud loses a battle to Army soldiers and their new repeating rifles, but still wins the war when the government decides to abandon its forts in the Sioux hunting grounds.
Genre	western; fact
Pencils	Tom Gill
Inks	Tom Gill
Notes	Sequel to "Red Cloud's First Battle" in Lone Ranger #44.

2 page text story "The Long Bow"

Characters	Hyoko the Cripple; Tyu; Laughing Maiden
Synopsis	Chaco cliff dweller Tyu makes a bow larger and stronger than any in his tribe and uses it to drive off Navajo raiders.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with two illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

9 page Young Hawk story "Apaches attack Pueblo"

Characters	Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud; Tuari
Synopsis	After rescuing the young Pueblo hunter Tuari and his wife from raiding Apaches, Young Hawk, Little Buck and High Cloud return with the pair to their city on a lake. That night they help fight off an Apache attack.
Genre	western
Script	Gaylord DuBois
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 (cameo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic.
Reprinted	from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #40

1 page illustration "Alaska Brown Bear"

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 Alaska Brown Bears diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.