Lash LaRue Western #39

Fawcett's April 1953 installment of Lash LaRue Western puts the black-clad cowboy front and center — seated at a fence rail alongside his striking dark horse, reins in hand, with a frontier settlement visible in the background. The photo cover captures LaRue's cool, watchful presence perfectly, and the story teased inside — "Invisible Enemy!" — promises the kind of mysterious Western trouble only he can handle. With more pages of stories promised at just a dime, this is a fine slice of early-'50s Western comics entertainment.