Four Color #117

This 1946 Dell photo cover captures Roy Rogers in a beautifully embroidered Western shirt and white cowboy hat, sharing a warm, candid moment with his palomino horse — a genuinely charming image that radiates the easy partnership between the two. Inside, writer Gaylord Du Bois and artist Al Micale bring "The Spooks of Howling Mesa" to life, promising the kind of mystery-tinged Western adventure that made this series a staple of mid-1940s newsstands. At just a dime, it's a snapshot of American cowboy culture at its most heartfelt.