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Issue: The Lone Ranger #50

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Publication Date: August 1952

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Detail

Issues: #50 of 145 Issues (151 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: A Dell Comic

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/24/1952

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Last 36 page issue until #75.

On-sale date per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952.

George Brenner was the editor under whom the contents were assigned to the creators, before his death in March 1952. Matt Murphy was the editor under whom the final assembled issue was published.

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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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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Lone Ranger

Synopsis: An outlaw fires from behind as The Lone Ranger is walking down an alley.

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Pages: 1

Heap Good, Tell’um Kids...

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

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Lone Ranger; Tonto

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white; mostly art promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is gold-plated key holder.

Old Cheyenne

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

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

Synopsis: A bandit named Dirk forces Pegleg Prindle and Dan Reid to do some blasting so he can recover bank loot.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

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

The Navajo Trail

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

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

Synopsis: Dick Carlyle is searching for his artist father, who is staying with Navajos. He stays at his uncle's ranch, not knowing it is the base for marauding Apache raiders.

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Pages: 10

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

Engagement Gift

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Nenookah the Hunter; Kicking Horse

Synopsis: Nenookah the Hunter must kill the Devil Cougar of Thunder Lake to win the hand of the fair Nesting Dove.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Du Bois writer credit corroborated in secondary source: Page 1113 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Books and Pamphlets Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 6 Pt 1B. Entry states: "Engagement gift. [Story] (In the Lone Ranger, Aug. 1952, p. 21-22) [Appl. author: Western Print. & Lithographing Co., employer for hire of Gaylord Du Bois] © Western Print. & Lithographing Co.; 24Jun52; B5-21721."

Text story with two illustrations.

Script credit was first supplied to GCD by Robin Snyder, "taken from Gaylord Du Bois’ personal records."

[untitled]

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

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

First Line: Are you sure this hogan is empty, Young Hawk?

Synopsis: Young Hawk and Little Buck escape a dust storm by entering a hogan containing a long dead man. They travel north to the Grand Canyon, where they find a young Pueblo girl, Desert Lark, and the three descend into the canyon to escape Navajos.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Part of a continuing storyline. First appearance of Desert Lark. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
Artwork first credited to Jon Small.

Indian Picture Stories

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Genres: western

Synopsis: Two Indian-style picture stories to decipher.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white; half-art, half-text.

Ralph Kiner Sparks Team in Clutch!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: sports

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

Character(s): Ralph Kiner

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Color ad in strip form for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring Pittsburg Pirates first baseman Ralph Kiner. First in "What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!" series to appear in this title.