Tomahawk #19

A tense frontier standoff takes center stage on this September–October 1953 DC issue, with cover art by Bob Brown showing two buckskin-clad figures being forcibly marched before a stern warrior who declares he'll execute "palefaces" one by one until his son's murderer confesses — a gripping scene of frontier justice gone to the edge. A woman pleads from the foreground while armed warriors and bound captives crowd the background near a frontier stockade, filling every inch of the cover with drama. Tomahawk #19 is a fine example of DC's frontier adventure storytelling at its early-'50s stride, promising "brand-new adventures of America's favorite frontier hero.