Cheyenne Kid #54

Charlton's western hero rides hard into 1966 with this action-packed issue, as the cover — drawn and inked by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio — shows the Cheyenne Kid astride a black horse, six-gun drawn and cape billowing, plunging through a chaotic crowd of figures in the heat of battle. The cover itself promises "Apache Hostage" as the featured story, and the bold tagline calling this "the fastest-paced stories you ever read" feels entirely earned given the kinetic energy Mastroserio packs into every corner of that red-drenched scene. With Joe Gill writing and Luis Dominguez on interior art, this issue delivers everything a fan of classic frontier adventure could want.