Black Fury #13

This April 1958 Charlton issue puts the magnificent black stallion Black Fury front and center in a raw, tense standoff — rearing up on his hind legs, teeth bared, to face down a snarling bear that threatens a small foal caught between them. Maurice Whitman's cover art crackles with urgency, capturing the wild drama of open-country survival in a single charged moment. With Joe Gill writing and the team of Medio Iorio and Sal Trapani on interior art, this is a fine example of Charlton's animal-adventure comics at their most gripping.