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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published May 1950
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver.
Genre western
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Wilson Publishing, 1949 series) #23

1 page filler "The Plainsman"

Synopsis Facts about the Plainsman of 1825, the Plains Indians of 1850; and the California Vaquero of 1850.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan (signed)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Half art, half text.

23 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Tunnel Builders"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis Crooks try to prevent the building of Big Mouth Tunnel.
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; in Lone Ranger, The (Wilson Publishing, 1949 series) #23

16 page The Lone Ranger story "The Lone Ranger and the Bart Cavendish Gang"

Characters Lone Ranger (origin retold); Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse, origin); Scout (horse); Bart Cavendish
Synopsis Tonto tells Dan Reid the story of the origin of the Lone Ranger and the capture of the Cavendish gang. He also tells of the origin of the Lone Ranger's silver bullets and how the Lone Ranger captured his horse Silver.
Genre western
Script Fran Striker?
Pencils Charles Flanders
Inks Charles Flanders
Notes Four tiers of panels per page; The Lone Ranger's origin and how he captured Silver retold. Lone Ranger's unmasked face is shown.
Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1947 newspaper strips

3 page text story "Running Fox's Change of Heart (Part 2)"

Characters Running Fox; Wolf Jaw; Simon Kenton
Synopsis Captured by Wyandotte Indians, Simon Kenton is tied to a wild horse for torture. He is saved by the intervention of an Indian boy, Running Fox.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with three illustrations; continued from last issue. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Wilson Publishing, 1949 series) #23

5 page Young Hawk story "Captured in a Corn Field"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
Synopsis Little Buck and White Fawn hide in a corn field after they are convinced that spirits have hit Young Hawk on the head with a rock. They are captured by returning warriors.
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 from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #17

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 and white. 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) #17

1 page filler "The Last Indian Battle"

Characters Almighty Voice (Blackfoot Indian)
Synopsis Drawing of Blackfoot Indian Almighty Voice, with short story of his last days in 1897.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Large illustration with text beneath.