Lash La Rue Western #73

This July 1959 Charlton issue packs an impressive amount of western action onto a single cover — three sequential panels of Lash LaRue, the "King of the Bullwhip," cracking his signature whip across a bold yellow background, teasing three interior tales: "Lazy Lawman," "Flaming Vengeance," and "Surprise." A dramatic circular inset at the bottom pulls the eye to a mounted rider in a tense, rocky landscape alongside a tantalizing promise of the featured story, "Showdown at Quinto," with the ominous tagline "He was in their trap!" The cover art by Dick Giordano and Pete Morisi gives this dime comic a crisp, dynamic energy that showcases why Lash LaRue held his own as one of the most distinctive cowboy heroes of the era.