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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published January 1950
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Silver have a race.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Notes Cover has the "This is a King Feature" emblem.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hold It!"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto (cameo); Young Hawk (cameo); Santa Claus
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Illustrated promo for subscriptions to Dell’s Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #18

38 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and Boss Barton of Gopher City"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Boss Barton runs a gambling place in Gopher City as a cover for his cattle stealing operation.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker?
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes First issue with three tiers of panels per page; Bottom third of last page is Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1949.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1946 and 1947 newspaper strips.

Half page Statement of Ownership statement of ownership

Script Helen Meyer
Letters typeset
Notes Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1949. No circulation figures given.

3 page text article "Rocky Mountain Sahib"

Characters Sir George Gore; Jim Bridger
Synopsis The true story of the adventures of wealthy Irish peer George Gore near Fort Laramie in the 1850s.
Genre western; fact
Script Bob Beaugrand (credited)
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations.

5 page Young Hawk story "White Fawn"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis White Fawn, the Sioux girl who helped Young Hawk and Little Buck escape from the Sioux village, has run away in a canoe and the two boys cross her path when they leave their hiding place.
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) "Use This Form for Your Own Subscription"

Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #18

Half page filler "Western Bridles"

Synopsis Facts about horse bridles.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan?
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Use This Form for Christmas Gift Subscriptions"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover. Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #18

1 page illustration "Chief Crazy Horse"

Characters Chief Crazy Horse (Ogallala Sioux Indian)
Synopsis Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse (c.1840-1877) of the Ogallala Sioux.
Genre western
Pencils Mo Gollub?
Inks Mo Gollub?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; 12th in a series of portraits of Indian warriors and chiefs. Sources state that no authenticated photograph of Crazy Horse exists, so the source material of this drawing is unknown.