Thursday, April 15, 2010

LA Bantam - The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Thunder Mountain

The 14th book published by Bantam Publications is The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Thunder Mountain by Fran Striker. The story was originally called Heigh-Yo Silver! A Story of the Lone Ranger and was published by Dell Publishing Company in Large Feature Comics 3 (1938). This was a 72 page comic with text and B&W illustrations.

In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Thunder Mountain is 100 pages long and is 110 mm (4 5/16") wide by 152 mm (6") tall. Cover and pages are made from high acid pulp paper. The page collation is:

[1] title page,
[2] copyright page,
3-99 text - 17 chapters,
[100] list of Bantam Books for sale.

The copyright page states the original title and copyright date - 1938. The list of books on page 100 has all the books from 1 to 20 except The Lone Ranger.

In common with most LA Bantams there are variant covers. In addition to the strong yellowish green/light gray and strong yellowish green/light blue versions shown below there is a strong yellowish green/light green version.



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