Tex Ritter Western #45

Tex Ritter charges hard across a rocky canyon wall on his white horse, pistol raised against an arrow-slinging pursuit — with silhouetted riders visible on the ridge above — in this pulse-quickening 1959 Charlton issue with cover art by Ernie Hart. The dramatic composition captures the cowboy hero mid-gallop, a dark wolf looming at the edge of the cliff, adding an extra layer of danger to the chase. As a bonus, readers in 1959 could flip inside for a chance at 8,000 prizes alongside the story "The Strange Outlaw.