Publishers / Dell / Large Feature Comic (1939) / #7
7[January] 1939
$0.10

Large Feature Comic #7

Dell · [January] 1939

First appearance: Tonto1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
[January] 1939
Key date
1939-01-00
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tonto - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Hi-Yo Silver The Lone Ranger To The Rescuecover1pencils: Henry Vallely; inks: Henry VallelyThe Lone Ranger, John Reid, Silver
2-credits, title page1letters: Typeset
3The Lone Ranger to the Rescuecomic story47script: Fran Striker; pencils: Henry Vallely; inks: Henry VallelyThe Lone Ranger, John Reid, Silver, Tonto First
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (ad copy); letters: Typeset
5Hi-Yo Silver The Lone Ranger To The Rescueillustration1pencils: Henry Vallely; inks: Henry VallelyThe Lone Ranger, John Reid, Silver

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
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Series context

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Sources

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