Red Ryder Comics #80

In Red Ryder Comics #80 (1950), a daring nighttime heist unfolds when thirty horses vanish from their hitchracks and are loaded into a stock car. On a bridge over the river, each horse is pushed one by one from the moving car into the water below, only to be recaptured and driven off—leaving behind a trail of mystery and danger. The story unfolds with crisp, dynamic art by John Hampton, whose detailed pencils and inks bring every galloping step and tense moment to life, all on a cover also rendered by him.