Black Diamond Western #46

The cover of this August 1953 Lev Gleason publication says it all — Black Diamond, astride a galloping horse and revolver drawn, squares off against hooded villains crouched behind a wagon marked "Danger Explosive" on what appears to be a railroad trestle, while speech bubbles crackle with urgent threats and defiant warnings. Bob Fujitani's cover art gives the whole scene a terrific sense of speed and peril, perfectly matching the book's self-proclaimed "Fast-Action Western" identity. Inside, three feature-length thriller stories starring Black Diamond, Buck Roper, and Red Fire promise plenty of wide-open frontier excitement for a dime.