Lone Rider put on a black mask and costume and rode his horse Lightnin' to fight injustice in the American West. He was assisted by a Mexican guitar player named Diego and his son Pepito as well as Texas, the laziest man and quickest draw in the west. The Lone Rider also worked with Sheriff Hank Fletcher who the Rider disguised himself as when apprehending Hutch Kruger's gang so the sheriff would receive the credit.

His enemies included Hutch Kruger and his gang as well as the immortal 50,000 year old telepath known as Dr. Chuda.

At first his adventures seemed to be the Old West, but in Famous Funnies #76 elements of the modern day technology such as television screens and motor boats started showing up in the feature.

*Famous Funnies #61-80
*Lightning and the Lone Rider Strip (January-April 1939)

* The strip was written by Isidore Katz using the pen name Bob Farrell, who would later found the Ajax-Farrell publishing company. Katz wrote comic stories for the packagers Eisner & Iger, sometimes using the pen names Bob Farrow and Bob Lerraf. Ajax-Farrell published a version of Lone Rider and Lightnin' in 1951-1958.
* A significant point of confusion arises because many comic book databases and websites mistakenly merge the "Lone Rider" with the earlier feature "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" as if they were a single, continuous character. While both Western heroes were published by Bob Farrell, they are, in fact, distinct characters with separate storylines and identities.
** This confusion is evident in how different sources handle them: ComicVine lists their appearances under a single character entry but presents their biographies in separate. The Grand Comics Database correctly separates them into two different features: "Lightnin' and Lone Rider" and "The Lone Rider."

*[http://www.herogoggles.com/Heroes/L_heroes.htm Herogoggles]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/k/kirbyslonerider.html International Hero]
*[http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/591 Kirby Museum]
*[https://www.comics.org/feature/4162/ GCD]
*[https://comicstriphistory.com/2017/09/mystery-strip-found-kirbys-lightnin-and.html Stripper's Guide]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/lone-rider/4005-68188/ Comicvine]
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