Black Fury #48

Charlton's beloved wild stallion Black Fury commands the cover of this 1964 issue in dramatic fashion, rearing up as flames surge around him and a striking snake lunges nearby — a vivid tableau promising exactly what the cover copy delivers: danger and thrills. Dick Giordano's bold cover art renders the powerful black horse in near-silhouette against a fiery, smoke-filled landscape, with a secondary explosion scene teasing the second story, "The Dynamite Hunter." Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Rocco Mastroserio bring their own energy to "The Storm King," making this a fine example of Charlton's action-packed Western animal adventure at its mid-1960s stride.