Lash La Rue Western #68

The cover of this 1958 Charlton title puts Lash LaRue right in the thick of it — dressed in black, he deflects a rifle with one hand while a downed blonde figure lies at his feet and a Native American warrior moves in close, with two more figures in headdresses watching from beside a teepee in the background. Maurice Whitman's pencils and inks give the scene a taut, kinetic energy that sets the mood perfectly for "The Town Called Ruckus." At 15¢ for 68 all-new pages, this issue offered Western fans a genuinely substantial read by any standard of the era.