Black Fury #52

The magnificent black stallion Black Fury rears up dramatically above a tense struggle below, where two outlaws — one brandishing a pistol — menace a frightened young girl while a third figure fights back, the cover caption asking urgently: "Only the stallion could save her from two outlaws… but could he?" Charlton's 1965 western delivers that irresistible mix of wide-open frontier danger and animal heroism, with Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio's cover art capturing the scene's desperate energy in vivid, punchy style. Joe Gill's script, brought to life by artist Charles Nicholas and inker Vince Alascia in "The Kidnap," promises exactly the kind of Saturday-afternoon adventure this series does so well.