The Lone Ranger: "Feud on Boulder Creek" 8/25/43
Rustlers plan to start a range war in order to make their own jobs easier.
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COMICS, OLD-TIME RADIO and OTHER COOL STUFF: Random Thoughts about pre-digital Pop Culture, covering subjects such as pulp fiction, B-movies, comic strips, comic books and old-time radio. WRITTEN BY TIM DEFOREST. EDITED BY MELVIN THE VELOCIRAPTOR. New content published every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
The Lone Ranger: "Feud on Boulder Creek" 8/25/43
Rustlers plan to start a range war in order to make their own jobs easier.
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The Lone Ranger: "Train Wreck" 4/30/43
Sabotaging a train turns out to be the first step in a villain swindling another man out of a gold mine. But he doesn't count on the Lone Ranger looking into the matter.
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The Lone Ranger: "Boots and a Bloodhound" 9/10/54
Two actors with a traveling troupe plan a bank robber. With the help of a mixed-up at the cobbler shop and an ill-tempered dog, the Ranger and Tonto might be able to put a stop to their crime.
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Lone Ranger: "Prunella's Chickens" 1/21/48
A henpecked husband, a nagging wife, some wayward chickens and a pair of murderous outlaws all lead up to a tense hostage situation.
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The Lone Ranger: "King of the County" 4/18/38
Zeke Parsons is the largest ranch owner in the county--as well as owner of the general store, postmaster and sheriff. He uses a combination of these roles to establish a despotic rule of the county.
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OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
An awesome paperback cover from 1976, reprinting a novel first published in 1936. I couldn't find an artist credit.
OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
The Lone Ranger: "Medicine and Ballots" 8/9/43
The Ranger uses a criminal's hypochondria to keep him from rigging an election.
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OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
Lone Ranger: "Blind Leader" 3/14/41
The commander of an army fort has an Indian uprising on his hands. His job is made more difficult by the fact that a battlefield wound left him blind. But with the help of the Ranger, Tonto and most especially Silver, he still might be able to lead his troops to victory.
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OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
Lone Ranger: "Missouri Queen" 6/7/43
Outlaws plan to rob an army payroll being transported by a riverboat. The outlaw leader, though, is multi-tasking: he's also taken on the job of killing a woman passenger.
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OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
Lone Ranger: "Mad Murdock" 6/27/45
Wealthy Jim Murdock and his partner made a fortune in a dishonest gold mine deal. Now they need to get rid of the man they cheated--with a plan to frame the man for a murder that hasn't actually been committed. The Ranger and Tonto attempt to foil this plan by framing one of the villains for yet another murder that hasn't actually been committed.
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OCTOBER IS LONE RANGER MONTH!
This H.J. Ward cover from 1937 gives us an early version of what the Ranger looks like.
The Lone Ranger: "Mixed Brands" 5/24/43
A sheepherder is trying to run his herd past some cattle ranches.At the same time, cattle rustlers are active in the area. The Lone Ranger comes up with a plan to solve both problems at the same time.
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Lone Ranger: "Death On Four Wheels" 5/19/43
Tensions between two competing freight companies leads to murder.
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Lone Ranger: "Horse Thieves Steal Silver" 2/2/38
If you run a gang of horse thieves, don't steal Silver. It won't end well for you.
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The Lone Ranger: "Two-Gun Marshal" 6/18/43
The Ranger starts with the fairly straightforward job of catching an escaped convict. But he soon finds himself both accused of murder and tasked with the job of stopping a major cattle rustling operation.
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Lone Ranger: "Silver Summit" 1/21/44
Rigor McClure is the toughest construction foreman ever to lay down track, but even he might need the help of the Lone Ranger in order to finish building a line through rough territory in the face of sabotage.
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