Roy Rogers Comics #88

This 1955 Dell issue puts Roy Rogers front and center in a tense, atmospheric photo cover — white Stetson on, revolver drawn, his sharp gaze fixed on something just out of frame while a "WANTED" poster tacked to the wall behind him sets the stakes perfectly. The combination of that steely expression and the $500 reward notice makes clear that trouble is close at hand. With a story titled "Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys and the Search," written by Gaylord Du Bois and drawn by John Buscema with inks by Mario Acquaviva, this issue delivers exactly the kind of frontier adventure fans of the era were after.