Billy the Kid #12

Charlton's Billy the Kid: Western Outlaw fills this June 1958 issue with the kind of gritty frontier tension the series promised. Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio's cover art pulls you right into the action — a steely-eyed Billy dominates the frame, gloved hand gripping a drawn revolver while a saddled horse looms behind him, his jaw set and his wide-brimmed hat casting a hard shadow across the bold two-tone background. With "breathtaking action stories" on the masthead and a tale titled "No More Notches!" waiting inside, this is classic Charlton Western storytelling at its most direct and compelling.