Stumpy Bunyan

Riding into the pages of Ziff-Davis's Kid Cowboy in 1951, Stumpy Bunyan is a Golden Age Western comics character brought to life by creator Bob Brown during that freewheeling era when cowboy tales ruled the spinner rack. A supporting presence across a handful of issues, Stumpy shares the range with a colorful cast including Kid Cowboy himself, The Little Sheriff, Red Feather, and the wonderfully named Chuckawalla — the kind of rowdy frontier company that made these books such a joy. Brief in catalog appearances but genuinely charming as a piece of early-'50s Western comics history, Stumpy is a rewarding find for collectors with a soft spot for the genre's Golden Age roots.