Black Rider #26

From Atlas Comics' Wild West lineup comes this January 1955 entry in the Black Rider series, with a cover by Joe Maneely that pulls you straight into frontier tension. The Black Rider dominates the foreground in his dark outfit and mask, two revolvers leveled at the reader, while a rough-looking gang of outlaws — including a menacing gunfighter in an orange vest and a cigar clenched between his teeth — fans out behind him on a dusty main street. The cover's bold challenge — "Can Black Rider Defeat 'The Hunters'?" — sets up a classic showdown where the odds look stacked, and the only currency in play is "Gun Justice.