The Lone Ranger #39

This September 1951 Dell issue drops readers right into the action with a tense cover by Ernest Nordli — the masked Lone Ranger and Tonto lie low side by side, pressed flat against the ground as a revolver fires in the foreground, smoke curling from the barrel. The composition is immediate and gripping, conveying the kind of scrappy, ground-level danger that made this series a favorite with Western fans. At 52 pages of all comics, it's a satisfying read built around the "Disputed Territory" story, with interiors crafted by writer Gaylord Du Bois and artist Jon Small.