This is the first issue of All- American Comics under its new title. By the late forties superheroes were waning and DC decided to change the focus of All American Comics from superheroes to the newly popular western genre. DC pulled Green Lantern, Black Pirate and Dr Mid-Nite from the title, changed it to All- American Western and packed it full of tales from the Old West. The cover subject, Johnny Thunder, had already graced the last three covers of All- American Comics. Thunder may have been a western character, but he still retained one of the main ingredients of the superhero genre, the secret identity. Created by Robert Kanigher (story) and Alex Toth (art), the character was one of the first and best western heroes to begin appearing in comics. This was actually the second character named Johnny Thunder that DC had featured; the first was a simpleton of sorts who had control over a magic thunderbolt. That character, created in 1939, had just recently lost his slot in the back pages of Flash Comics to the Black Canary. This new western Johnny Thunder had nothing to do with the first. Many historians feel that this is the beginning of DC’s habit of taking an older character’s name and either using it again for a brand new, unrelated character, or updating it for more modern times, i.e. Flash and Green Lantern. This issue features a cover by Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia. They also contribute interior art. Other artists noted include Irwin Hasen and Joe Kubert. Other western features appearing in this issue are Foley of the Fighting 5th, Minstrel Maverick, and the Overland Coach. There is an appearance of Captain Tootsie by Beck. The pages are white. The book is CGC-certified 9.0 (VF/NM). This copy is tied with one other as the second highest-graded copy listed on the CGC Census.