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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published October 1949
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger surprises a pair of rustlers who are changing brands on a steer.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Notes Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Dell Comics are Good Comics"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Different from promo in The Lone Ranger #15 with same name. Includes partial reprint of cover of The Lone Ranger #14.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #14 (see notes)

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and Geronimo's Raiding Party"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Geronimo
Synopsis Geronimo goes on the warpath and the Lone Ranger and Tonto have to save the telegraph office at Pine Hill from being burned.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker?
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Four tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1946 newspaper strips.

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Rescue of Handy Andy"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Victor (horse)
Synopsis Cowboys from the Double-A ranch capture Dan Reid and Handy Andy, the tinsmith, and force them to repair a tank used to water stolen horses.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker?
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Four tiers of panels per page.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1945 and 1946 newspaper strips.

3 page text article "Lost Lakes of the Texas Rangers"

Characters Captain G. W. Arrington
Synopsis True story of Texas Rangers tracking Comanche raiders across the desert of the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico border in 1880.
Genre western; fact
Script Carl Smith (credited)
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

6 page Young Hawk story "Captured by Sioux"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis After their tribe breaks camp to return to their homeland, Young Hawk and Little Buck are captured by the Sioux braves they battled before. They are rescued by a girl called White Fawn.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page filler "Natchez Indians"

Synopsis Facts about the Natchez Indians and their structures.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; text and illustrations.

1 page illustration "A Pawnee Chief"

Synopsis Portrait of an unnamed Pawnee Chief.
Genre western
Inks Mo Gollub?
Colors Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; 9th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors.