Tex Ritter Western #42

This 1958 Charlton entry in the long-running series finds the white-hatted Tex Ritter pressed against a tree, both six-guns drawn and a sheriff's star gleaming on his chest — every inch the lawman ready for trouble. Cover pencils by Maurice Whitman and Charles Nicholas, with inks by Vince Alascia and Maurice Whitman, give the scene a crisp, sun-drenched tension that suits the frontier perfectly. With Joe Gill writing and Tony Tallarico on interior art, "The Tin Star" promises the kind of straightforward Western action that made this series a reliable ten-cent thrill.