Black Fury #45

A tense standoff between man and mustang takes center stage on this 1963 Charlton issue, with cover art by Dick Giordano showing a rifle-wielding gunman sprawled behind a boulder, drawing a bead on the wild black horse known as Black Fury as he rears and bolts across the open range alongside a spotted companion. The cover's speech balloon — "That black devil won't get away from me again! I'll give him the lead cure!" — sets up a charged, high-stakes pursuit that gives the story its title. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Rocco Mastroserio bring the same dusty Western energy to life for fans of Charlton's beloved wild-horse adventure series.