Hopalong Cassidy #114

DC's beloved western hero faces his most harrowing moment yet on this June 1956 cover, where Hopalong Cassidy — dressed in his signature black — clings desperately to the front of a trestle bridge as a massive runaway locomotive barrels straight toward him, while a panicked figure in the cab shouts "Jump!" The scene perfectly sets the stage for the featured story, "Ambush at Natural Bridge!", promising the kind of pulse-quickening frontier adventure that made Hoppy "America's Favorite Cowboy." Gene Colan's pencils and Joe Giella's inks deliver a dynamic composition that makes this ten-cent issue a fine showcase for the William Boyd character DC was bringing to life in all-new stories.