Straight Arrow #11

Fred Meagher's cover for this 1951 Magazine Enterprises entry captures a thrilling moment of motion: Straight Arrow, riding hard on a dark blue horse, reaches across to grab a white-bearded frontiersman from the saddle of a painted pony — a group of mounted figures visible in the dusty distance behind them. The energy in those galloping horses and the desperation in the older man's expression make this one of those covers that pulls you in immediately. "The Valley of Time" promises plenty of Western adventure worthy of the scene Meagher so confidently puts on display.