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Issue: The Lone Ranger #23
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #23 of 145 Issues (151 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
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: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse)
Synopsis: The Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #23 published May 1950
as The Lone Ranger dismounts from Silver [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The composition of this cover is somewhat similar to (though flipped) the cover of The Lone Ranger (Dell, 1948 series) #12.
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The Plainsman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
First Line: The old-time plainsmen, trappers and guides usually wore fringed buckskin clothing...
Synopsis: Facts about the Plainsman of 1825, the Plains Indians of 1850; and the California Vaquero of 1850.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Comics Digest #48 published January 1976
as The Plainsman of 125 Years Ago [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Half art, half text plus the publisher & indicia information.
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The Lone Ranger and the Tunnel Builders

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: Jake, I'm getting fed up!
Synopsis: Crooks try to prevent the building of Big Mouth Tunnel.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #23 published May 1950
as The Lone Ranger and The Tunnel Builders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1947 newspaper strips
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: L.R. #23-505
Disclose Notes: Four tiers of panels per page.
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The Lone Ranger and the Bart Cavendish Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Lone Ranger (origin retold); Tonto; Dan Reid; Silver (horse, origin); Scout (horse); Bart Cavendish
First Line: Many years ago, six Texas Rangers ride toward canyon on trail of Cavendish Gang - - -
Synopsis: Tonto tells Dan Reid the story of the origin of the Lone Ranger and the capture of the Cavendish gang. He also tells of the origin of the Lone Ranger's silver bullets and how the Lone Ranger captured his horse Silver.
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Reprint Notes: from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) 1947 newspaper strips
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Four tiers of panels per page; The Lone Ranger's origin and how he captured Silver retold. Lone Ranger's unmasked face is shown.
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Running Fox's Change of Heart (Part 2)

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Running Fox; Wolf Jaw; Simon Kenton
First Line: Within the past five minutes, Simon Kenton had become Running Fox's hero.
Synopsis: Captured by Wyandotte Indians, Simon Kenton is tied to a wild horse for torture. He is saved by the intervention of an Indian boy, Running Fox.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #23 published May 1950
as Running Fox's Change of Heart [Part 2] [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Text story with three illustrations; continued from last issue. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
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Captured in a Corn Field

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Young Hawk; Little Buck; White Fawn
First Line: That stone -- somebody threw it!
Synopsis: Little Buck and White Fawn hide in a corn field after they are convinced that spirits have hit Young Hawk on the head with a rock. They are captured by returning warriors.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord Du Bois' personal records.
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Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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From Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #17 published November 1949
was Subscribe Now-Mail This Coupon Today [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics. No art.
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Free! Five Full Color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver..in Action!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lone Ranger; Young Hawk (cameo)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Lone Ranger #17 published November 1949
was Free! Five Full color Illustrations of Lone Ranger and Silver..in Action! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell's Lone Ranger comic. Premium is five pinups of the Lone Ranger.
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The Last Indian Battle

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Almighty Voice (Blackfoot Indian)
First Line: In 1897 the powerful Blackfoot giant, Almighty Voice, famed as a hunter and runner, was jailed for killing a steer he believed was his.
Synopsis: Drawing of Blackfoot Indian Almighty Voice, with short story of his last days in 1897.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover contains a large illustration with text beneath.

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