Jimmy Wakely #2

A warm photo cover sets the tone for this 1949 DC western, showing cowboy star Jimmy Wakely in his embroidered shirt and ranch hat, arms wrapped protectively around a grinning young boy perched on a saddle — a genuinely charming snapshot of Western Americana. The cover teases the heartfelt question "Is a western movie star a real-life hero to his own son?" with the answer promised in the story "The Prize Pony." At 52 pages for just a dime, this issue — with interior work by Martin Naydel and a cover by Theda and Emerson Hall — offers a full afternoon of frontier adventure.