Black Diamond Western #29

Charles Biro's cover for this December 1951 Lev Gleason publication is a wonderfully kinetic burst of frontier chaos — a steam locomotive derails dramatically off the tracks while a masked rider on horseback clashes with a gun-toting outlaw in the foreground, and a Native American warrior on horseback adds to the melee below the tumbling train cars. Inside, Dick Rockwell brings the same frontier energy to three feature-length "Black Diamond Illustories," including "The Strange Story of Fort Sioux." At a dime a copy, this was an outstanding value for fans of hard-riding Western adventure in 1951.