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| Some nice artwork, though I prefer Ghost Rider stories. |
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| This is the very same Lone Rider created by Jack Kirby as "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" back in 1939 -- originally intended by Victor Fox for newspaper strip syndication, it wound up running in FAMOUS FUNNIES #61-82 (August 1939-May 1941). Amazingly, Victor Fox never published the character in his own comic book line in the 1940s (maybe his "litigation sense" told him otherwise), but apparently (?) Fox somehow wound up selling the character to Bob Farrell (along with Samson). 26 issues is an impressive run for such a transparent knockoff character, and Farrell bounced back in 1957 with another 5 issues of THE RIDER (which mostly reprinted stories from *this* series), who again is the very same character, renamed so as to be less legally actionable. |
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| Publication | April 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | The Lone Rider |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Double Trouble! (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Lone Rider |
| Content | Characters: Lone Rider; Bright Feather; Sheriff Steve Blake |
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| Comic Story | The Greatest Trail Blazer! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Daniel Boone |
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| Comic Story | Lightnin' (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | How Lone Rider found his forever horse. |
| Featuring | Lone Rider |
| Content | Characters: Lone Rider; Bright Feather |
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| Comic Story | Pocahontas... But What Was Her Real Name? (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Pocahontas [Mataoaka]; Captain John Smith; John Rolfe |
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| Text Story | Double Cross Trail (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Lone Rider |
| Credits | Script: Lee Bentley | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Hermit's Headache! (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Lone Rider |
| Content | Characters: Lone Rider; Hermit Slate (introduction); Amy Slate (his granddaughter); Mike Wallace (her fiancé) |
| Notes | Lone Rider meets the Hermit and becomes his friend. |
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| Comic Story | How the Horse Lost His Speech! (6 pages) |
| Featuring | An Indian Legend |
| Content | Characters: Bright Feather; Toko; Wah-Na; Thunderbolt |
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| Comic Story | Cattle Rustlin' Is a Coward's Game! (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Lone Rider |
| Content | Characters: Lone Rider; Sheriff Steve Blake; Miss Larson |
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