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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Ruth Roche; S. M. Iger (art editor)
Notes Cover has logo for Ajax, plus "A Farrell Publication". Indicia states published by "Four Star Comic Corp."

Cover Details - "Too quiet around here..."

Characters The Rider [The Lone Rider]
Genre Western
Notes Cover has logo for Ajax, plus "A Farrell Publication". Indicia states published by "Four Star Comic Corp."

7 page The Rider [The Lone Rider] story "Very Private Property"

Characters The Rider [The Lone Rider]; Big Paul
Synopsis Some of The Rider's friends find uranium to mine, but Big Paul runs off to stake a claim before anyone else can.
Genre Western
Script Ruth Roche ?
Reprinted in Gunfighters (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18

2 page text story "Boot Tracks and Bullets"

Characters Larry Ford; Swish
Genre Western
Letters Typeset
Notes First page appears before last page of previous story, second page appears later in the issue. No color on either page.
Reprinted in Gunfighters (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18

5 page Swift Arrow story "The Time of the Hunt"

Characters Swift Arrow
Synopsis Swift Arrow's tribe can't find the buffalo, so Swift Arrow goes out and finds that white men have slaughtered many of them. He tracks the white men down.
Genre Western
Reprinted in Gunfighters (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18

1 page public service announcement "A Date With Effie"

Synopsis Betty becomes jealous when she finds out Stan has a date with Effie instead of volunteering. Stan get the last laugh when he introduces Betty to Effie, a radio system at the hospital where he is now volunteering.
Genre Fact; Teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Appeared in many DC and Ajax comics from May to September 1957. Appears between pages 2 and 3 of previous sequence. Credits from other indexes on GCD.

5 page The Rider [The Lone Rider] story "The Trouble Tribe!"

Characters The Rider [The Lone Rider]
Synopsis The Rider finds a covered wagon going into dangerous Indian territory.
Genre Western
Reprinted in Gunfighters (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18

7 page The Rider [The Lone Rider] story "Don't Fence Him In"

Characters The Rider [The Lone Rider]; Old Hermit Slate
Synopsis Old Hermit Slate's house is judged to be right on the border between Arizona and New Mexico. A bandit wanted in New Mexico hides in the Arizona side of the house, taunting the law-men who are after him... that is until The Rider gets involved.
Genre Western
Notes The Rider is mostly called "Mister Rider" or "Great Rider", where the first word appears to be re-lettered. In one panel he is called "Lone Rider".
Reprinted in Gunfighters (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1958 series) #18

1 page Wilson Chemical Company advertisement "Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th"

Characters Yogi Berra
Synopsis Comic style ad for selling White Cloverline Brand Salve door to door for fun and exciting prizes.
Script Ray Thompson [as R.T.]
Pencils Ray Thompson [as R.T.]
Inks Ray Thompson [as R.T.]