| Issue | #42 |
| Published | December 1951 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | First 36 page issue since #1. 36 page issues continue through #49. |
| Characters | Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver (horse) |
| Synopsis | The Lone Ranger raises his hands when two outlaws hold a gun on him from behind, but Tonto is behind a rock above the trail and has the outlaws covered. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed), (painting) |
| Inks | Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed), (painting) |
| Colors | Ernest Nordli [as E. N.] (signed), (painting) |
| Characters | Santa Claus; Lone Ranger (cameo); Tonto (cameo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. Premium is Gold plated Key Holder. |
| Reprinted | in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #43 |
| Characters | Lone Ranger; Tonto |
| Synopsis | Scar Grayson's gang sends a false message by telegraph to Batesville to lure the Sheriff and his posse away from town. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill? |
| Notes | Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal files. |
| Characters | Geronimo |
| Synopsis | The story of the Apache Indian Geronimo. |
| Genre | western; fact; bio |
| Pencils | Tom Gill? |
| Inks | Tom Gill? |
| Reprinted | in Lone Ranger, The (Gold Key, 1964 series) #7 |
| Characters | Wolf Brother; Prairie Rose; Little Hunter |
| Synopsis | Pawnee toddler Little Hunter stumbles into the den of a cougar and her cub. |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with two illustrations. Sixth and final Wolf Brother text story. |
| Characters | Young Hawk; Little Buck; High Cloud |
| Synopsis | While exploring the lower reaches of the Rio Grande, Young Hawk returns to camp to find Little Buck and High Cloud gone. He trails them to the village of the two women whose lives he saved earlier, but is captured. The girl Lanika helps them escape. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord DuBois |
| Notes | Part of a continuing storyline. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Gaylord DuBois' personal records. |
| Characters | Lone Ranger; Tonto; Dan Reid; Young Hawk; Little Buck (all cameos) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Subscription form for Lone Ranger comics with cameos of five characters. |
| Reprinted | in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #43 |
| Synopsis | How to make an Indian “thunder-stick.” |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white; half art, half text. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to the Dell Lone Ranger Comic. |
| Reprinted | in Lone Ranger, The (Dell, 1948 series) #43 |
| Genre | animal; fact |
| Pencils | American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph) |
| Inks | American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph) |
| Colors | American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (photograph) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Color photograph of a jack rabbit diorama “courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.” with a few lines of text underneath. |