Man Comics #7

Man Comics #7 delivers a tense Western standoff right on its April 1951 cover, where a cool-headed gunfighter in a blue suit faces down the dark-clad "Black Jim" outside a barbershop, their exchange of sharp words filling the air between them. The cover, penciled by Sol Brodsky and inked by Christopher Rule, sets the stage for "The Killer" and four other tales — including "The Fall Guy" with art by Vern Henkel — promising the "dangerous mysteries and breathless suspense" the banner boldly advertises. At a dime for 52 pages, this is a solid slice of early-'50s Marvel anthology storytelling at its most charged.