Four Color #566

This 1954 Dell one-shot brings the spirit of Black Beauty's legacy to the racetrack in vivid style. Cover artist Sam Savitt captures a thrilling mid-race moment: a powerful black horse surges forward ahead of the pack, its red-clad jockey urging it on with a raised crop beneath stormy skies, while rival horses and riders press close behind. At just ten cents, it's a handsome piece of mid-fifties comics storytelling with real energy in every brushstroke.