Straight Arrow #29

Fred Meagher's cover for this 1953 Magazine Enterprises issue puts Straight Arrow in the thick of it — the hero grapples hand-to-hand with a knife-wielding warrior atop a steep, sun-bleached cliff face, with the sweeping mesa landscape of the Southwest stretching out far below. A mounted rider on the ridge behind them raises the stakes even further. It's a vivid snapshot of the rugged frontier adventure that made this ten-cent title a reliable treat for Western comics fans.