Blaze Carson #2

The cover of this 1948 Marvel Western crackles with tension as Blaze Carson, the Fighting Sheriff, strides boldly through a saloon with his lasso swinging, badge gleaming, facing down a cocked revolver pointed straight at the reader — a standoff captured in vivid, dynamic composition by cover penciler Syd Shores and inker Vince Alascia. Speech balloons tell the whole story: Carson orders "Bull Sawyer, you're under arrest!" while his quarry snarls back, "Sheriff, you'll never take me alive!" — with an ominous "CLICK" punctuating the moment. Interior artist Dick Rockwell brings the story "Rustler's Roundup!" to life, making this a thoroughly entertaining slice of Old West adventure.