Hopalong Cassidy #24

Fawcett's Hopalong Cassidy #24 from October 1948 puts the star sheriff front and center in a cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler — shirt torn and fists ready, Hoppy stands over a defeated, bearded opponent whose hat and revolver lie scattered on the ground beside him. The cover boldly bills him as "The Most Fearless Sheriff of the Wild West" facing his toughest opponent yet, the Twin-River Giant, setting the stage for Rod Reed's interior story "Treachery Rides Again," illustrated by C. C. Beck and Pete Costanza. A ten-cent slice of Western adventure featuring William Boyd's beloved screen hero at his two-fisted best.