Black Cat Comics #54

This 1955 Harvey Comics entry in the Black Cat Western Mystery series delivers a vivid cover by Lee Elias, showing the masked, whip-cracking Black Cat astride a rearing horse as she bears down on two rough-looking cowboys scrambling below her — one in a red shirt, the other clutching what appears to be a map. The scene crackles with the kind of open-range tension that made Western comics a staple of the decade, and with "The Golden Guns" as the featured story, there's clearly treasure — and trouble — at the heart of this issue. Writer Bob Haney and artist Lee Elias make a sharp team for anyone who loves their heroines bold and their Westerns with a touch of mystery.