Straight Arrow #28

Magazine Enterprises' Straight Arrow #28 (1953) delivers a vivid cover showdown from Fred Meagher, depicting the feathered, red-clad hero grabbing the knife-wielding wrist of a bearded outlaw on horseback — raw, mid-action tension rendered with clean, punchy linework. The decorated horse rears into the scene, adding motion and urgency to what promises to be a confrontation worthy of the story title "The Challenge of Pedro Bombo!" At a dime a copy, this is a fine snapshot of early-'50s Western comics firing on all cylinders.