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Issue: The Lone Ranger #79

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Publication Date: January 1955

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Detail

Issues: #79 of 145 Issues (150 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: Dell Comic

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Helen Meyer

Notes: editing credit from this issue's statement of ownership

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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

Format Notes:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- The Telltale Bullet [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Assets0

Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Don Spaulding (painting)

Inker(s): Don Spaulding (painting)

Colorist(s): Don Spaulding (painting)

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

Character(s): Lone Ranger

Synopsis: The Lone Ranger drives a stagecoach hauling presents and a Christmas tree.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Christmas cover. A preliminary character study painted for the cover was offered for auction by Heritage Auctions in early 2010. Heritage identified that oil painting study was signed by Don Spaulding (02 March 2010).

Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too!

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Santa Claus (cameo)

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Lone Ranger #78 published December 1954
was Attention All Children and Moms and Dads Too! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]with color added

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; color. Promo for subscriptions for various Dell comics.

The Fiery Barricade

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul S. Newman

Penciller(s): Tom Gill

Inker(s): Tom Gill

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

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

Synopsis: The Russ Carson gang joins up with renegade Mexican army officer Carlos Cortez. Cortez impersonates a Mexican official to get gold for his personal army.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Script credit from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

The Telltale Bullet

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul S. Newman

Penciller(s): Tom Gill

Inker(s): Tom Gill

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The Lone Ranger

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

Synopsis: A doctor's son is wounded in a robbery and is told to lure the Lone Ranger and Tonto into an ambush at the doctor's office.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Lone Ranger #9 published January 1968
as The Telltale Bullet [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: Script credit from from Paul S. Newman's personal records.

Showdown Valley

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Larry Moran; Pawnee Sam; Jed Slocum

Synopsis: Nineteen-year-old Larry Moran must have an armed showdown with land grabber Jed Slocum.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Text story with two illustrations.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Rex Maxon

Inker(s): Rex Maxon

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Young Hawk

Character(s): Young Hawk; Little Buck; Wolf Jaw (Young Hawk's father); Moon Woman (Young Hawk's mother)

First Line: Young Hawk! There's the two humped bluff!

Synopsis: After months of wandering, Young Hawk and Little Buck return to their home Mandan village, only to find that some do not believe their tales of their journey.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Part of a continuing storyline. Short recap of trip.

Script credit from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.

Indian War Trail

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Inker(s): August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Synopsis: Facts about Indian paddling techniques in a canoe.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.8

Notes: Half text-half art.

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.2

Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures given.

New Daisy Lightning Loader Red Ryder Carbine

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?; typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles

Character(s): Red Ryder (cameo); Little Beaver (cameo)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Daisy Pump Gun No. 25 and Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 94 are depicted.

Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown New Dancing Puppets

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Mars; Snickers

Character(s): Mary Hartline (cameo); Cliffy the Clown (cameo)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Snickers candy bars featuring Mary Hartline and Cliffy the Clown (both from the ABC TV show "Super Circus") dancing puppets premium.