Straight Arrow #41

Fred Meagher's cover for this 1955 Magazine Enterprises issue captures a thrilling split-second: Straight Arrow, feathered headband and red shirt vivid against the desert mesa backdrop, draws his bow at full tension from horseback while an opponent's arrow has already struck — knocking a revolver clean out of a gloved hand in the foreground, the gun spinning dramatically mid-air. The composition pulls you right into the confrontation, with dust flying beneath the hooves of Straight Arrow's galloping horse and broken arrows scattered across the ground. "The Siege at Broken Bow!" promises the kind of high-stakes Western adventure that made this series a standout on 1955 newsstands.