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Issue: The Lone Ranger #55

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Publication Date: January 1953

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Issues: #55 of 145 Issues (151 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: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

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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 In2

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

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

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Lone Ranger; Tonto

Synopsis: Tonto grabs an outlaw as he starts to throw a knife at the Lone Ranger’s back.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

El Llanero Solitario #1 published April 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman

Character(s): Peter Pan

First Line: All those wonderful characters from Walt Disney's Peter Pan movie are yours to play with, to read about, to color and paint.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Lone Ranger #56 published February 1953
as Eleven Fun-Packed Ways to Enjoy Walt Disney's Peter Pan [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Color illustrated ad for Whitman coloring books, activity books, and story books featuring Walt Disney's Peter Pan. Prices range from 29 cents to 98 cents.

Death in the Forest

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

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

First Line: Rein in, Jim! Rein in!

Synopsis: A bandit gang hides in the forest where they kill an old man and take Tonto hostage.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Job Number: L.R.#55-531

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

A Word of Advice

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

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

First Line: Pull your cayuses out of the way pronto!

Synopsis: Two brothers gun down a pair of notorious outlaws in self-defense. One becomes a sheriff and rancher while the other seems to have become a gunfighter.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

The Castle of Sticks

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Little Owl; Yellow Blossom; Strong Bow

First Line: Little Owl set down his two big water gourds, to rest and catch his breath.

Synopsis: A young Indian boy invents a type of mobile protection from attack by Apache arrows.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Text story with three illustrations. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records.
Artwork first credited to Mike Sekowsky with a question mark.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Young Hawk; Little Buck; The Raven; Chief Blackfish

First Line: Ark! Yarrr---oooo!

Synopsis: Young Hawk and Little Buck and their guide Raven visit a village of the Coast People. They watch the building of a sea-going canoe and later go on a whale hunt.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9.8

Notes: Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records. Prior unofficial title "The Whale Hunt."
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.2

Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1952. No circulation figures given.

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

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

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

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Lone Ranger #54 published December 1952
was 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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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Dell Lone Ranger comics.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

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

First Line: Rope this famous Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine for Christmas, Pardner!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Illustrated color ad for Daisy Air Rifles featuring two small drawings by Fred Harman and art by other artist(s). Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine No. 111, Daisy Defender No. 141, Daisy Pump Gun No. 25, and Daisy Gravity Repeater No. 155 models depicted.

Touchdown! Doak Walker Sparks for Lions!

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: sports

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

Character(s): Doak Walker

First Line: The day before a big game.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Color ad in comic form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Detroit Lions quarterback Doak Walker. Part of "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series.