Kit Carson

DC's comics adaptation of the real-life American frontier legend Kit Carson depicted the famed scout, trapper, and frontiersman navigating the dangers of the 19th-century American West alongside other historical figures like Buffalo Bill Cody and Davy Crockett in Frontier Fighters.

Few names carry the dust and thunder of the American frontier quite like Kit Carson, who rode into comics in 1955 courtesy of the legendary Joe Kubert and writer Dave Wood in DC's Frontier Fighters #1. That series brought together some of the biggest legends of the Wild West under one roof — Buffalo Bill Cody, Davy Crockett, and even Chief Hot Foot all share its pages — making Frontier Fighters a genuine showcase for frontier mythology at its most vivid. Though the run was brief, spanning just 1955–1956, having Kubert's dynamic linework behind the character gives these issues a real collector's distinction. A compact but spirited slice of mid-fifties DC Western comics, Kit Carson's Frontier Fighters appearances are a warm, rootin'-tootin' time capsule well worth tracking down.