Hopalong Cassidy #128

Three stories packed into one ten-cent package made this April 1958 DC issue a genuine bargain, promising "The Horse That Hated Outlaws!," "Hopalong Cassidy's War of Nerves!," and "Double-Duty Sheriff!" Gil Kane and Joe Giella deliver a tense cover scene where Hopalong, dressed in his trademark black, fires his pistol from atop his white horse while a rifle barrel looms ominously in the foreground — someone in the shadows has him dead in their sights. It's a smartly composed image that captures the danger and action central to Cassidy's world, starring William Boyd's beloved cowboy hero at the height of his comic book run.