The Lone Ranger #97

Dell's long-running Western series delivers a genuinely gripping cover for this July 1956 issue — the masked Lone Ranger crouches low to the ground, gloved hands gripping an adversary's legs in a tense physical struggle, his black mask and white hat unmistakable even from this close, dramatic angle. Don Spaulding's painted cover work gives the scene a vivid, almost cinematic quality that pulls you right into the action. Inside, Gaylord Du Bois and Rex Maxon bring "The New Commandant" to life in what promises to be another solid chapter of frontier justice.