| Issue | #404 |
| Published | June 1952 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "THE RANGE RIDER, No. 404". Code number is R. RIDER O.S. #404-526. Cover title is "The Range Rider Comics." Copyright 1952 by Tie-Ups, Inc. Adapted from the 1951-53 TV series "The Range Rider". Title continues as Flying A's Range Rider #2 (June-August 1952). |
| Characters | Jock Mahoney (as Range Rider, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Notes | Photo is retouched to enhance color and a background has been added. |
| Synopsis | Facts about the Overland Stage Line, which ran from St. Louis to San Francisco from the 1850s to the 1870s. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Till Goodan (signed) |
| Inks | Till Goodan (signed) |
| Letters | Till Goodan |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations plus hand-lettered text. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Range Rider; Dick West; Sage (dog); Rawhide (horse) |
| Synopsis | Dick West's uncle Jed Perdue leaves him tied to a tree in the mountains to die of exposure. With Dick's death, Perdue would inherit a valuable ranch. Range Rider rescues him, then goes for help a few miles away where he meets Professor Hornbone. The professor is assembling dinosaur skeletons he is scavenging from tar pits on Dick's ranch. Range Rider and Dick have a showdown with Perdue and two henchmen in the building housing the assembled skeletons. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sparky Moore |
| Inks | Sparky Moore |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Range Rider; Dick West; Rawhide (horse) |
| Synopsis | While out riding, Range Rider and Dick West come across a burning wagon. Range Rider rescues a man from the wagon, but he has been shot and dies soon after telling the pair to search for "El Asesino". Range Rider and Dick trail the bandits to their hideout, then flush them out with a brush fire. The bandits blow up a boulder with dynamite and escape. Later, two bandits dressed as Range Rider and Dick rob the bank in Rio Hondo. A posse finds Range Rider and Dick and the two are arrested. Later, after showing the sheriff papers proving who he is, Range Rider sets a trap to attract the gang. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sparky Moore |
| Inks | Sparky Moore |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |