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Issue: The Lone Ranger #54

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Publication Date: December 1952

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Issues: #54 of 145 Issues (150 Printings)

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Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: Dell Comic

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

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Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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- Give a Christmas Gift That Will Bring Good Cheer Every Month In the Year! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]1

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Content Items (9 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Ernest Nordli (painting)

Inker(s): Ernest Nordli (painting)

Colorist(s): Ernest Nordli (painting)

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

Character(s): Lone Ranger

Synopsis: The Lone Ranger opens a door and the thug inside gets ready to slug him with a gun butt.

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Pages: 1

Exciting Books by Whitman

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman

Character(s): Roy Rogers (cameo); Rip Foster (cameo)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Color illustrated ad for Whitman 49 cent hard-cover story books. Titles described and covers depicted for Roy Rogers and the Rimrod Renegades; Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet; Sand Dune Pony; and Ginny Gordon and the Mystery of the Old Barn.

Bandits in Uniform

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tom Gill ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

Character(s): Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis: Andrew Gage, the U. S. government tax collector in newly-annexed Mexican territory, is hiring men to rob ranch owners so he can take over their property for not paying their taxes. The son of one of the victimized ranchers impersonates the Lone Ranger to get some of the gold back.

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Pages: 20

In His Father's Footsteps

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Credits

Writer(s): Paul S. Newman

Penciller(s): Tom Gill

Inker(s): Tom Gill

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

Character(s): Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse); Scout (horse)

Synopsis: Quick draw artist Mike Pickens has terrorized a town and killed its sheriffs. When Pickens shoots Jim Carver, the current sheriff, Carver's son leads a posse to the gang's hideout.

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Pages: 15

Notes: Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

The Great Theft

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Jon Small

Inker(s): Jon Small

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Strong Bull; Running Wolf

Synopsis: Two Mandan boys, caught while raiding a village house in a ritual theft, redeem themselves by stealing items from a Sioux chief.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

[untitled]

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Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Rex Maxon

Inker(s): Rex Maxon

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Young Hawk

Character(s): Young Hawk; Little Buck; Desert Lark; The Raven

First Line: The bear is dead!

Synopsis: After rescuing Broken Knife from a bear, Young Hawk and Little Buck go to the village of Chief Standing Elk. They leave the Pueblo maiden Desert Lark with the tribe and journey westward to the Redwood forests with an old trader called the Raven.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Part of a continuing storyline. Final appearance of Desert Lark, first appearance of The Raven. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "Westward to the Redwoods."
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Give a Christmas Gift That Will Bring Good Cheer Every Month In the Year!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): Lone Ranger (cameo); Santa Claus (cameo)

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The Lone Ranger #55 published January 1953
as Give a Christmas Gift That Will Bring Good Cheer Every Month In the Year! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics.

The Famous Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine

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Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed); ?

Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Red Ryder (cameo)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Illustrated color ad for Daisy Air Rifles, with small full-figure drawing of Red Ryder on horseback by Fred Harman. Other art by different artist(s). Daisy Defender No. 141, Daisy Pump Gun No. 25, and Daisy Gravity-Fed Repeater No. 155 models depicted.

Bob Waterfield Sparks in Grid Battle!

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Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Feature(s): Wheaties; What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

Character(s): Bob Waterfield

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield. Part of the "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.