Calamity Kate

Calamity Kate is a spirited Golden Age Western heroine who rode into action in 1950, navigating the Wild West alongside colorful frontier figures like Wild Bill Pecos and Widowmaker across Orbit-Wanted's Western comics titles.

Riding onto the page in 1950 courtesy of artist Mort Lawrence, Calamity Kate is a spirited Golden Age heroine who carved out her corner of the Wild West in the pages of The Westerner Comics for Orbit-Wanted. She keeps lively company — sharing adventures with the likes of Wild Bill Pecos, Widowmaker, and Patricia Layne — and her trail stretches across titles like Best of the West and the wonderfully named Bizarre Thrills. What makes her especially intriguing is a publishing footprint that spans all the way to 2004, meaning this rootin'-tootin' Golden Age gal found readers across more than five decades — a testament to the enduring charm of the two-fisted Western heroines who made that era so much fun to collect.