Straight Arrow #10

Issue #10 of Magazine Enterprises' Straight Arrow drops the hero right into the thick of it — the cover by Fred Meagher shows Straight Arrow grappling fiercely with a war-painted adversary at the edge of a churning underground river, while additional warriors armed with clubs close in from behind against a dramatic cavern backdrop. The scene crackles with kinetic energy, Meagher's linework perfectly capturing the chaos of close-quarters combat in a mysterious subterranean setting that ties neatly to the story's title, "The River from Nowhere!" A fine 1951 entry in this Western adventure series that fans of action-packed frontier comics will want on their shelf.