Black Fury #2

The magnificent black stallion known as Black Fury dominates this 1955 Charlton cover, rearing up dramatically at the edge of a rocky cliff with broken rope trailing from his legs — a powerful image of wild freedom hard-won. Dick Giordano's cover art captures the horse's spirit with real dynamism, set against a sweeping sky that makes the moment feel genuinely breathtaking. With interior work by artist Dan Barry, inker Sy Barry, and letterer Ben Oda on "The Champion!," this is a fine example of Charlton's mid-1950s adventure comics at their most spirited.