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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published November 1949
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger fires his gun while riding on the side of Silver.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Notes Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.

1 page filler "Indian Footwear"

Synopsis Facts about the different types of Indian footwear.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and Skinner the Schemer"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Mr. Skinner swindles the townspeople of Durango in a mining scheme; but has a change of heart.
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) 1947 newspaper strips.

16 page The Lone Ranger story The Lone Ranger and "Duke" Morgan, of Buffalo Point

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Victor (horse)
Synopsis Gambler "Duke" Morgan rules the town of Buffalo Point with an iron hand; but is afraid of illness and pain.
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 newspaper strips.

3 page text article "Boss of the Wild Bunch"

Characters Butch Cassidy [George LeRoy Parker]; Bill Lee
Synopsis The true story of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch's adventures in Utah and Wyoming in the 1890s.
Genre western; fact; bio
Script Bob Beaugrand (credited)
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

5 page Young Hawk story "The Wolf's Den"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck
Synopsis Young Hawk and Little Buck escape from the Sioux village and find a refuge by forcing a wolf and her cubs from their den.
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.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today"

Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #20; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #21; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #22; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #23; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #24; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #25; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #26; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #27; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #29; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #32; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #33; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #34; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #35; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #36; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #37; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #38; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #39; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #40; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #41; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #44

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free! Five Full color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver..in Action!"

Characters Lone Ranger; Young Hawk (cameo)
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger. One year for $1.00.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #21; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #22; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #23; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #24; in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #28

1 page illustration "Chief David Bearspaw"

Characters Chief David Bearspaw (Stoney Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Chief David Bearspaw, Stoney Tribe, Calgary, Canada.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; 10th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors and chiefs.