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Issue Details

Issue #43
Published January 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Lone Ranger
Synopsis The Lone Ranger shoots a gun from the hand of an outlaw.
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #6

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Look! Your Favorite Comic Book Every Month"

Characters Santa Claus; Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo)
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is Gold plated Key Holder.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #42

17 page The Lone Ranger story "Before the Firing Squad"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto
Synopsis An Indian agent orders a chief's son to be killed to cause trouble that will cause the tribe to lose its lands, which he will then sell to a New York land company.
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 files.

Half page postal document statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

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Notes Bottom of next to last page of first story in book. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1951. No circulation figures are given.

2 page story "The Ghost Dance"

Synopsis The story of the Indian Ghost Buffalo uprising that was crushed at Wounded Knee.
Genre western; fact
Script Paul S. Newman
Notes Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files.

2 page text story "Call from Afar"

Synopsis Keeto the Indian orphan is captivated by the shells of the trader Hanokam.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
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Notes Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

9 page Young Hawk story "Slaves"

Characters Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud
Synopsis After escaping from the village on the Rio Grande, Young Hawk and Little Buck are captured by Toltec slave traders. They are taken to Mexico City where they are sold to men who take the city's gold to the mountains to protect it from the Spanish Conquistadors.
Genre western
Script Gaylord DuBois
Inks Jon Small?
Notes Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription coupon"

Characters Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Young Hawk; Little Buck (all cameos)
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Notes Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics with cameos of five characters.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #42

Half page filler "The Birchbark Canoe"

Synopsis Facts about the Indians' use of the birchbark canoe.
Genre western; fact
Pencils August Lenox?
Inks August Lenox?
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; half art, half text.

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

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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic.
Reprinted from Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #42

1 page illustration "The Coyote"

Genre animal; fact
Pencils American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Inks American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
Colors American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph)
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Notes Back cover. Color photograph of a coyote diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text above.
Reprinted in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #5