The Lone Ranger #15

Morris Gollub's cover for this September 1949 Dell issue puts the masked man front and center in a tense three-way struggle — the white-hatted Lone Ranger grips his revolver while physically restraining two men, one in a tan hat and the other a red-haired figure in green, both looking decidedly alarmed. It's a punchy, kinetic image that captures the hero's cool confidence even when outnumbered. Inside, writer Fran Striker and artist Charles Flanders bring "The Lone Ranger and the Bridge Across Ghost Canyon" to life — a title that promises plenty of frontier danger and high-stakes adventure.