All-American Western #123

From DC's All-American Western comes issue #123, cover-dated December/January 1951, asking the urgent question right on its cover: can Johnny Thunder escape the howling peril atop the Cliff of Doom? Gil Kane's cover delivers the tension vividly — Johnny clutches a frightened woman on horseback while multiple warriors close in from all sides on a rocky precipice, weapons raised and the drop looming beneath them. Inside, Robert Kanigher's script and Alex Toth's art (inked by Sy Barry) bring "Johnny Thunder's Strange Rival!" to life, making this a fine package of frontier adventure at its ten-cent best.