| Issue | #312 |
| Published | January 1951 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "TONTO, No. 312." Code number is TONTO O.S. #312-511. Copyright 1950 by The Lone Ranger, Inc. Only Tonto Four Color. Continues as The Lone Ranger's Companion, Tonto (Dell, 1951 series) with #2 (August-October 1951). |
| Characters | Tonto |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Synopsis | Description of the Hopi Indians' Snake Dance. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Three illustrations with text. |
| Characters | Tonto; Stone Bear; Scout (horse); Laughing Dog |
| Synopsis | Tonto returns to his home village to find that hunters have been killed or wounded by rifles that blow up when fired. Despite interference from Laughing Dog, a warrior who wants the rifles to challenge the Army, Tonto finds the traders who are dealing the inferior rifles and convinces Laughing Dog that the traders are crooks. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jon Small (signed) |
| Inks | Jon Small (signed) |
| Characters | Tonto; Scout (horse) |
| Synopsis | Tonto helps a rancher by setting traps for a pack of wolves that is preying on his cattle. They capture something similar but unexpected. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jon Small ? |
| Inks | Jon Small ? |
| Characters | Sitting Bull (cameo) |
| Synopsis | History of horses in North America, starting with their introduction into Mexico by Hernando Cortez. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Tonto; Tall Pines; Swift Otter; Scout (horse) |
| Synopsis | Tonto and his friends Tall Pines and Swift Otter help a white man retrieve his gold after he is robbed by three other white men. Tonto pretends to be a shaman to force a confession from the guilty party. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jon Small |
| Inks | Jon Small |
| Synopsis | Directions for building a wigwam. |
| Genre | fact |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations and text. |
| Synopsis | Description of the construction of a batista, a giant war club used by the Arikara and Huron tribes to crush enemy's canoes. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Jon Small |
| Inks | Jon Small |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrations and text. |