Davy Crockett #4

Charlton's Davy Crockett: Frontier Fighter #4 delivers all the rugged excitement the frontier has to offer, with cover art penciled by Maurice Whitman and inked by Dick Giordano showing the coonskin-capped hero crouched behind a rocky outcropping, rifle in hand, while mounted warriors charge across an open plain behind him and two armed figures close in from the left. The tension in that cover composition — Crockett steady and watchful amid the surrounding chaos — captures exactly why this 1955 series had such a hold on young readers. Written by Joe Gill with interior art by Maurice Whitman, this issue promises the kind of fast-moving frontier storytelling that made Charlton a reliable home for Western adventure.