Billy the Kid #33

Charlton's Billy the Kid: Western Outlaw #33 from 1962 delivers a vivid cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, showing the blond gunfighter bracing himself on a wooden trestle as a riderless horse rears behind him amid a burst of fire and smoke — a tense moment that hints at the explosive thrills inside. A inset panel in the corner features a second figure, and the cover boldly promises a story featuring "The Dynamiters" in the age of Billy the Kid. With interior work also by Mastroserio and writer Joe Gill, this 12-cent Charlton entry is a fine snapshot of the Western comics that kept frontier adventure alive in the early sixties.