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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published April 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis The Lone Ranger give a wounded man a drink from a canteen while Tonto fires a gun from behind a rock.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Gold-Plated Free Key Chain Holder"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key chain holder.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #40

18 page The Lone Ranger story "The Army Scout's Gold"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis A dying Army scout gives soldier Jack Hawthorne a map to gold hidden in a tunnel.
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 "Washakie The Peace-Seeker"

Characters Washakie
Synopsis True story of Shoshone chief Washakie, who cultivated peaceful relations with the white man.
Genre western; fact; bio

2 page text story "A Friend Indeed"

Characters Honeen; Tupatkee
Synopsis Indian boys Honeen and Tupatkee go hunting and kill a mountain lion.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with two illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Apache Attack on the River"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud; Tuari
Synopsis Leaving their friends at the Pueblo, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and High Cloud paddle up river where they are attacked by Apaches.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Inks Jon Small?
Notes Intro of Karko, the Parrot. Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page activity "Indian Shields"

Synopsis Directions on how to make an Indian shield.
Genre western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half art, half text.

1 page illustration "Osborne 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 Osborne Caribou diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text below.