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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published November 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger; Silver (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Silver bowl over a pair of outlaws.
Genre western
Pencils Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Inks Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)
Colors Ernest Nordli (signed) (painting)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "To Readers of the Lone Ranger"

Characters Lone Ranger (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is free group picture of Dell Comics characters.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #52

20 page The Lone Ranger story "Terror Trail"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse); Don Diablo (villain)
Synopsis A masked and caped outlaw named Don Diablo terrorizes Murado Valley, just north of the Mexican border.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Villain reads poetry. A quote from Milton's "Paradise Lost" is used. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #20 (edited down to 16 pages)

15 page The Lone Ranger story "The Wagon Train"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)
Synopsis The Lone Ranger and Tonto help a wagon train that is beset by many suspicious "accidents."
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

1 page Wonders of the West filler "The Grand Canyon"

Synopsis Facts about the Grand Canyon.
Genre western; fact
Notes Mostly art with some text.

2 page text story "The Hide of the Bull"

Characters Little Lance; Badger Foot
Synopsis Sioux boys Badger Foot and Little Lance kill a wounded buffalo and later make a boat from its skin to escape a flood.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small ?
Inks Jon Small ?
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Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois’ personal records.

10 page Young Hawk story "Out of Death Valley"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; Desert Lark
Synopsis Young Hawk, Little Buck, and Desert Lark make their way out of Death Valley and into the wooded mountains. They save three Shoshone hunters from a bear.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

1 page Whitman advertisement "Enjoy Hours of Fun"

Characters Roy Rogers (cameo); Lone Ranger (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Bugs Bunny (cameo)
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Notes Inside back cover. Color ad for Whitman coloring books with descriptions and covers of four titles depicted (Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Lone Ranger, Mickey and Donald, and Bugs Bunny). Descriptions of Howdy-Doody and Flash Gordon coloring books also included, but no cover reproductions.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "10,000 Voit Footballs to Win"

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Notes Back cover. Color ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal contest with footballs as a prize.