Tex Ritter Western #46

Against a blazing sunset sky, Tex Ritter throws out a desperate hand and pleads — "Wait! Don't shoot my dog… Fury wouldn't kill sheep! Stop!" — as a rifleman levels his weapon from atop the rocks at Fury, the loyal German Shepherd sitting calmly at center. This 1959 Charlton gem teases the story "The Sheep Killer," raising the question of whether an innocent dog can be saved before a trigger-happy stranger makes a fatal mistake. Ernie Hart's cover art captures the tension beautifully, and with Joe Gill writing and Bill Molno and Vince Alascia on interior art, this issue delivers solid Western storytelling at its ten-cent best.