Four Color #82 for Sale - First Appearance of Scout - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue: #82
Issue title: The Lone Ranger
Publication date: 1945
Key date: 1945-08-03
On-sale date: 1945-08-03
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

First appearance of Scout - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Scout First, Silver, Tonto
1	The Lone Ranger Pays a Call [Page 1]	text story	1	script: Gaylord Du Bois	The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Tonto
2	-	comic story	32	script: Fran Striker; pencils: Charles Flanders; inks: Charles Flanders	The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Scout First, Silver, Tonto
3	The Lone Ranger Pays a Call [Page 2]	text story	1	script: Gaylord Du Bois	The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Tonto
4	-	illustration	1		The Lone Ranger, John Reid, Scout First, Silver, Tonto

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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