Issue: #404
Published: June 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Pamphlets, page 497.
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.
Indicia title is "THE RANGE RIDER, No. 404". Code number is R. RIDER O.S. #404-526. Cover title is "The Range Rider Comics." Copyright 1952 by Tie-Ups, Inc. Adapted from the 1951-53 TV series "The Range Rider". Title continues as Flying A's Range Rider #2 (June-August 1952).
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| Text Article (1 page) |
The Stagecoach |
| Synopsis: |
Facts about the Overland Stage Line, which ran from St. Louis to San Francisco from the 1850s to the 1870s. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Western-frontier |
| Comic Story (18 pages) |
Range Rider and the Monster of the Desert |
| Synopsis: |
Dick West's uncle Jed Perdue leaves him tied to a tree in the mountains to die of exposure. With Dick's death, Perdue would inherit a valuable ranch. Range Rider rescues him, then goes for help a few miles away where he meets Professor Hornbone. The professor is assembling dinosaur skeletons he is scavenging from tar pits on Dick's ranch. Range Rider and Dick have a showdown with Perdue and two henchmen in the building housing the assembled skeletons. |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Range Rider Dick West Sage (dog) Rawhide (horse) |
| Comic Story (16 pages) |
Range Rider and the Killer of Rio Hondo |
| Synopsis: |
While out riding, Range Rider and Dick West come across a burning wagon. Range Rider rescues a man from the wagon, but he has been shot and dies soon after telling the pair to search for "El Asesino". Range Rider and Dick trail the bandits to their hideout, then flush them out with a brush fire. The bandits blow up a boulder with dynamite and escape. Later, two bandits dressed as Range Rider and Dick rob the bank in Rio Hondo. A posse finds Range Rider and Dick and the two are arrested. Later, after showing the sheriff papers proving who he is, Range Rider sets a trap to attract the gang. |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
Range Rider Dick West Rawhide (horse) |
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