Raider

Few characters carry the dust and gunpowder of the Golden Age quite like Raider, who rode onto the page in 1950 courtesy of the legendary Gardner Fox and artist Joe Certa in the pages of Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #8 from Magazine Enterprises. Born in the heyday of Western comics, Raider shares his adventures with iconic frontier figures like The Durango Kid and Steve Brand, placing him squarely in some of the most beloved range-riding company the genre has to offer. What's remarkable is that this character's footprint stretches across roughly four decades — from the Golden Age all the way to 1990 — turning up in titles like Durango Kid and Best of the West along the way. A modest appearance count only adds to the appeal for dedicated collectors hunting those rare pages where Raider makes his mark.