Monte Hale Western #84

A wanted poster for the "Outlaw Trio" sets the scene on this 1955 Charlton outing, where a mounted gunman in an orange shirt fires point-blank — the "BANG!" practically leaping off the page — while a second rider clutches a bank bag and a third closes in hard, horses churning dust across a sun-yellow background. Stan Campbell's cover linework keeps the action crisp and immediate, perfectly complementing the inset photo of real-life cowboy Monte Hale himself, billed here as "6 ft. 5 in. of Solid Muscle." At a dime a copy, this issue delivered exactly the kind of hard-riding, straight-shooting Western energy that kept Charlton fans coming back for more.