Danger Trail
DC · 1950–1951 · 5 issues
About the series
DC’s Danger Trail (1950–1951) was a five-issue anthology series that mixed espionage, adventure, and frontier action, featuring recurring characters like the globe-trotting King Faraday and the Revolutionary War hero Tomahawk. Written primarily by Robert Kanigher, David Wood, and Murray Boltinoff, with art from Carmine Infantino, Alex Toth, and Bob Oksner, the series showcased DC’s post-war pivot toward diverse, pulp-style genres. Though short-lived, it stands as a snapshot of early Cold War comics, blending patriotic derring-do with the polished, dynamic art that would define these creators’ later careers.
