Straight Arrow #49

Straight Arrow #49 brings some genuine spectacle to the 1955 Magazine Enterprises lineup, with cover artist Fred Meagher depicting the hero in a dramatic physical struggle against a massive, smoke-shrouded creature swathed in billowing yellow-and-black. Fires burn at a ritual post below, a chief in a full warbonnet watches intently from nearby rocks, and crowds of onlookers line the ridgelines on both sides — lending the scene a sense of high-stakes ceremony. With a story titled "Battle of the Giants," this issue promises exactly the kind of outsized confrontation Meagher's bold linework is perfectly suited to deliver.