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Issue Details

Issue #369
Published January 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LONE RANGER'S FAMOUS HORSE HI-YO SILVER, No. 369." Code number is SILVER O.S. #369-521. Copyright 1951 by The Lone Ranger, Inc. First of two Hi-Yo Silver Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Silver (horse); Moussa (horse)
Genre animal; western
Pencils Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes The colt on the cover is Silver, the adult horse is his mother Moussa.

1 page filler "Man's Helpmate"

Synopsis Facts about horses in the Old West.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text and two illustrations.

10 page Hi-Yo Silver story "The Birth of a Prince"

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse, origin); Moussa (horse); Sylvan (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger tells of Silver's birth and first days in Wild Horse Valley.
Genre animal; western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Script submitted May 26, 1951. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

10 page Hi-Yo Silver story "Silver Fights for a Friend"

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Sylvan (horse); Moussa (horse, cameo); Scamper (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger tells a tale of Silver as a two-year-old. Silver and his friend Scamper get trapped in a valley and have to fight off a pack of wolves.
Genre animal; western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Script submitted May 24, 1951. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

7 page Hi-Yo Silver story "Silver and the Winged Death"

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Moussa (horse); Nuba (horse); Ninick (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger tells a tale of Silver, when he was a three-month-old colt. A golden eagle kills a colt in Silver's herd. Later Silver has to fight off an attack by the same bird.
Genre animal; western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Script submitted May 26, 1951. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

7 page Hi-Yo Silver story "The Rope"

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse); Moussa (horse); Keenay the Apache (intro)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger tells of Silver's first encounter with Keenay the Apache, who captures his mother. Silver rescues her, but more by accident than design.
Genre animal; western
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Notes Story continues on inside cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Script submitted May 26, 1951. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).