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).
Cover
1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Range Rider (photo of Jock Mahoney)
Notes
Photo is retouched to enhance color and a background has been added.
Text Article
The Stagecoach (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the Overland Stage Line, which ran from St. Louis to San Francisco from the 1850s to the 1870s.
The longest and most famous of the early day stage lines was the John Butterfield Overland Mail which was started in the 1850's.
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations plus hand-lettered text. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Range Rider and the Monster of the Desert / Range Rider (18 pages)
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)
Pencils
Bob Schoenke
Inks
Bob Schoenke
First Line
Good-bye, Dick West!
Notes
Originally credited to Sparky Moore by Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007), but thanks to error report # 7376, this artist is identified as Schoenke. He drew Laredo Crockett, and samples from that series confirms it without doubt. Compare the identical horses and faces. He also had some stories in Annie Oakley & Tagg #4 and 8, and several in Gene Autry #69, 75, 76, 81. And some in Range Rider #2 and 4.
Comic Story
Range Rider and the Killer of Rio Hondo / Range Rider (16 pages)
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)
Pencils
Bob Schoenke
Inks
Bob Schoenke
First Line
One afternoon near El Muerto Springs, Texas, the Range Rider and his young pal, Dick West, suddenly rein up...
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Art notes as for the first story.
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