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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published June 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger wrestles a crook, who has a knife.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free 5 Beautiful Full Color Pin-Ups"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is five pinup pictures.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #49

18 page The Lone Ranger story "The Forward Requisition"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse; Scout (horse)
Synopsis Lt. Hooker and an accomplice are selling Army rifles to Light Feather's tribe.
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 "Chief Joseph and the Great March"

Characters Chief Joseph
Synopsis True story of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and their attempt to escape to Canada.
Genre western; fact

2 page text story "The Tilting Rock"

Characters Toki
Synopsis Pueblo boy Toki protects his village from attacking Apaches.
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 "Fight Apache Kidnapers"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis Young Hawk, Little Buck, and High Cloud leave the Pueblo city and later help a Pueblo brave seeking his bride, who has been stolen by the Apaches. In the fight against the Apaches, High Cloud's knee is broken by a thrown tomahawk and he is taken to the Pueblo brave's cliff dwelling.
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.

1 page filler "White Renegades"

Synopsis Description of the white men who helped the Indians in their raids in order to get a share of the loot.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.

1 page illustration "Snowy Owl"

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