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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.