The Lone Ranger #81

Dell's long-running western series delivers another tense moment in this March 1955 issue, with cover art by Hank Hartman capturing the masked Lone Ranger grappling hand-to-hand with a snarling, gun-wielding outlaw — handcuffs already dangling, suggesting justice is close at hand. The close-quarters struggle, set against what appears to be a frontier building interior, radiates the kind of grounded western action that made this series a staple of 1955 newsstands. Inside, Gaylord Du Bois and Rex Maxon bring "The Railroad Robberies" to life in what promises to be a rugged tale of frontier lawlessness.