Lone Ranger (1948-1962 Dell) comic books 1953-1955

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Painted cover art by Ernest Nordli. Color illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Guns of Jeopardy, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang uses a hidden pass in the border mountains as a base to rob towns. Ranchers in Arms, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A band of train robbers trick ranchers into helping them stop a train carrying gold for the railroad track crew's payroll. The Great Horn Bow text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Whaling Camp Spies, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck and their Sea People friends kill the whale they had harpooned earlier and bring it ashore; Later they capture Wakiash spies who are planning a raid on the whaling camp. The Lone Ranger's Origin one-page story, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Minneapolis Lakers basketball player George Mikan. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. Traitor in the Fold, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A trio of outlaws enlist renegade Light Feather to lead his braves against a wagon train. The Blinding Storm, art by Tom Gill; The Dublin gang kidnaps Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft, who are returning east after striking it rich in the gold fields of California; The Lone Ranger and Tonto track the gang through a snowstorm. The Wings of the Thunderbird text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Banished, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; The Sea People fend off an attack by Waikish raiders, but Chief Blackfish is wounded; The rest of the hunting party decides that Young Hawk and Little Buck are bad luck and must leave. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics; Premium is gold-plated key chain holder. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Chicago Black Hawk hockey player Sid Abel. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art. The Smiling Caballero, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Juan Lopez, the Smiling Caballero, gains others' trust before robbing them and rustling their cattle. Shadow of Death, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The Lone Ranger and Tonto take a doctor to stop a diphtheria epidemic in an Apache village. Horses for Orani text story by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small. Trees for Sails, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After leading the Sea People to the lode of copper they had discovered, Young Hawk and Little Buck take a dozen men to recover the canoes the Waikish had stolen. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics; Premium is Dell Comics Club ballpoint pen. Illustrated ad for Whitman Fuzzy Wuzzy Tell-A-Tale children's books. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Olympic slalom skier Gretchen Fraser. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger Comics; Premium is American flag ring. Home-Coming, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A dozen young Confederate soldiers return to Morgan's Gap at the end of the Civil War, only to receive a cool reception from the townspeople; Meanwhile the Lone Ranger and Tonto try to convince a young Indian chief not to break the peace. The Sheriff's Son, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A sheriff's son, falsely imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, returns to his home town to find his former girlfriend's brother trying to make trouble for him. A Life for a Life text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Little Brother, the Hawk, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Caught in a snowstorm while wintering in what is now Yellowstone Park, Young Hawk finds a half-frozen hawk with a broken wing and nurses it to health. Facts about Indian calumets (smoking pipes). Illustrated ad for Whitman Toys and Games. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Dollars of Doom, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Train robbers pretend to be detectives from New York in order to avoid detection. The Wyoming War, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; The owner of the Double Bar ranch wants to force out the other ranchers in the county. The Courage of Little Crane text story by Gaylord Du Bois. The Skunk Bear, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; In the dead of winter, Little Buck is bitten by a skunk bear (wolverine) raiding their storehouse; Young Hawk must track down and kill the intruder before he ruins their trap lines. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. The Long Bridge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Cheyenne raiders besiege Fort Adams and ambush a wagon train near the "Long Bridge." Rocky Ridge Mystery, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A rancher's son returns from attending college in the east, to find his artistic talents are not appreciated by his father. Charro Credit text story by Gaylord Du Bois. The Grizzly's Revenge, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After escaping from the Blackfeet, Young Hawk and Little Buck find a secluded valley full of fish and deer. Little Buck makes the mistake of wounding a grizzly, which seeks revenge. Descriptions of Indian smoking pipes. Ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Los Angeles Rams end Tom Fears. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. Apache Pass, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Crazy Wolf and his Apache braves take Colonel Meredith's daughter captive. The Fugitive, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Clay Trowbridge, unjustly accused of murder, hides out on Risco Island, an outlaws' refuge between Mexico and the United States. Zanzibar, art by Tom Gill; Mrs. Trotter comes to Powder Bend to claim an inheritance, but finds her life in danger after witnessing the killing of the manager of an express office. The Water of Vengeance text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Wolf Attack on Ice, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Desperate for food in February, a pack of wolves attacks Young Hawk and Little Buck while they are ice-fishing. Railroads and how they changed the West fact page. Promo for subscriptions to Dells Lone Ranger comic; Premium is vinyl plastic wallet. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Illustrated ad for Whitman 15 cent Tell-a-Tale children's books. End of the Chase, art by Tom Gill; Rambo, Lyman, and Grinning Wolf are a gang terrorizing settlers near Infernal Blazes. Chinese Gold, art by Tom Gill; Red Estey and his men are out to control the gold boomtown of Oreville; They stir up a mob against a Chinese settlement to cover their robbery of the Chinese miners' gold. A Message Gone Wrong, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang uses a fake telegraph message to steal a gold shipment from the Army. Apache Raised text story by Gaylord Du Bois. Bear Attacks Girl in Canoe, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Descending to the Wyoming plains after their long winter, Young Hawk and Little Buck save a Shoshone girl in a canoe from an attack by a bear. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books. Apache Peril, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Chief Black Hawk and 100 braves jump the reservation and go on the war path. The Outlaws, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Two outlaws break out of jail and take an old prospector and his wife hostage. Across the Canyon, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Roger Force is being paid by Washington interests to delay completion of the railroad bridge across Crystal Canyon so that they can take over the railroad franchise. The Jealous Brave, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck go on a deer hunt with Shoshone chief Big Otter, but the jealous brave Canuga tries to turn the chief against his visitors. Promo for subscriptions to Dells Lone Ranger comic; Premium is vinyl wallet. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. The Wide Missouri, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; By threatening his daughter, bandits force a Missouri Riverboat captain to land at Pine Cove so they can steal a load of gold. Stolen Taxes, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Tax Collector John Thompson frames convict Jed Leach by pocketing the money Leach collects for taxes. The Carrier Pigeon, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Black Owl's braves are raiding villages along the Pecos for money to buy information about the Army forts in the area. Escape on the River, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck leave the Shoshone village but are pursued by Black Heel and Canuga, who were disgraced for plotting against the boys. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics; Premium is a lucky rabbit's foot. Based on the popular Western TV series. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Instructions on how to make a dog travois and harness. The Not So Secret Cave, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Jess Lawton, foreman at the Lazy W, schemes to rob his boss of the $30,000 he received for selling his cattle. Reward for Sam, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; When Tom Snyder dies, he leaves his ranch to a black and white dog named Sam and his owner Alkali Pickens. A pair of two-bit outlaws plot to kill Pickens and assume his identity. Buffalo Stampede, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck watch from cover as Sioux force a herd of buffalo to stampede over a river bluff to their death. Facts about different styles of Indian moccasins. How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies! ad. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. The Valley of Danger, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Veteran Sgt. Wade gets in trouble for changing the new commandant's supply orders; but is vindicated when Comanches attack. The New Commissioner, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang substitutes an impersonator for the new Deputy Commissioner in order to get $50,000 from a fort. Find Baby's Parents, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck find the parents of the baby they saved from the flood, then go on a buffalo hunt with their new Sioux friends. Instructions for constructing a pouch to carry flint and steel for making fires. Facts about Indian Honor Marks (painting and feathers). Ad in comic form for Lionel model trains. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Adventure at Rockpoint, art by Tom Gill; A bank employee is head of a gang that plans to rob a stagecoach of $10,000 in bank money. Moose Miller's Fall, art by Tom Gill; An old man's tall tale of helping the Lone Ranger comes true when killer "Moose" Miller breaks out of jail. Bearskin Sail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After tanning the skin of a bear Young Hawk killed, the two boys use it for a sail for their canoe; They sail down the river and at night their sail is taken for a Spirit Bear by enemy Sioux. Facts about Indian paddling techniques in a canoe. Ad in comic form for Block City and Brick Town building block sets by Tri-State Toys, starring Alan Ladd. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Facts about Arapaho Indians. Trouble Shooting, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A prosperous stage owner hires Black Crow's warriors to prevent a railroad from crossing Indian land. Pursuit, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; A gang robs an Army payroll and heads for Canada across the Badlands; followed by the Lone Ranger. Leave Home Again, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck decide to leave their village due to the jealousy of the other young men; They travel east where they save a man with a injured arm from a buffalo attack. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Jud Jackson's Plan, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Jud Jackson breaks out of prison and leads his old gang in a series of stagecoach robberies. Horse Thieves, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Two outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, ambush Tonto and steal his horse. Rescuing a Chippewa Warrior, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Young Hawk and Little Buck and Strong Eagle help a Chippewa warrior being chased by the Sioux. They go to his village. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Facts about the connection between the Indians and the names of western states. Strange Allies, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Outlaws disguise themselves as Comanches; They commit robberies in order to loot the Army fort with Apache allies while the troops are out hunting the alleged Comanche raiders. Trapped, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Stage robbers Rusk and Cherokee are hiding in a played-out gold mine owned by Tucson Crocket. A Review of This Journey, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; At the Chippewa chief's request, Young Hawk makes a pictograph of his and Little Buck's travels since leaving their Mandan village. Facts about Indian tribal names and place names. Facts about foods originally developed by the American Indians. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics; Premium is vinyl plastic wallet; Also includes Dells "A Pledge to Parents. The Infernal Machine, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Ticktock Thomas plans to use a time bomb to blow up a stagecoach so his gang can loot it. Ambush on the Plains, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; After her father is killed by Sid Rector during a holdup, sharpshooter Sally Harris helps the Lone Ranger and Tonto capture the gang. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Hank Hartman. Incident on the River, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; When government secrets are delivered to an foreign ambassador with diplomatic immunity, the Lone Ranger pretends to be a bandit to stop the stage and get the documents back. The Herd Stealers, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Cattle rustlers disguise themselves as Indians. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, with the aid of Chief Red Eagle and his braves, hunt them down. Trapped by a Forest Fire, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Traveling in the north woods, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Strong Eagle stop to hunt; Young Hawk is attacked by an Algonquin brave, but is rescued by Strong Eagle. Facts about great elk. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Don Spaulding. Badge of Honor, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; After his father is killed by Windy Burton's gang, a young man infiltrates Burton's gang to try to get evidence against him. Disaster Bridge, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Tom Gill; Rider Hutchins and his gang plan to blow up a railroad trestle when a train carrying 50 Army soldiers and a gold shipment crosses it. Captives in a Cave, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; After taking refuge in a cave from a forest fire, Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Strong Eagle are captured by a band of Algonquin warriors who were already waiting there. Based on the popular Western TV series. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.