The Lone Ranger #65

Hank Hartman's painted cover crackles with tension as the masked Lone Ranger, blue shirt and red neckerchief, presses against the side of a building with revolver drawn — his white hat held low — while a dark-clad gunman around the corner levels his own weapon straight at him. With a "WANTED" poster on the wall behind him and both men poised on a razor's edge, this 1953 Dell issue sets an irresistible mood for the interior tale "Dollars of Doom," written by Gaylord Du Bois with art by Rex Maxon. At ten cents for 52 pages, it's a fine snapshot of Western comics storytelling at the height of the genre's popularity.