Black Fury #43

Against a scorching desert sun, the magnificent black stallion Black Fury stands his ground in a parched, bone-strewn landscape — a scene that immediately signals the desperate stakes of the story "Drought!" Circling vultures and a looming bird of prey close in from above, while a bleached skull on the cracked earth drives home nature's unforgiving toll. Dick Giordano's cover art captures the raw tension of survival in the American West with striking economy, making this 1963 Charlton issue a vivid snapshot of the series at its dramatic best.