Billy the Kid #38

Charlton's Billy the Kid #38 brings some genuine tension to the frontier, with cover art by Dick Giordano staging a taut standoff between a startled Billy — badge gleaming on his orange vest, hand reaching back in surprise — and a determined woman in a wide-brimmed hat leveling a revolver squarely at him, her speech bubble declaring "Now you die!" as Billy's shocked retort reads "A…a woman!" The subtitle "The Town Tamer" hints at the broader lawless landscape these characters inhabit, while the story inside, "Deadly Masquerade," promises the kind of western intrigue that Charlton delivered reliably throughout 1963. Writer Joe Gill and artist Maurice Whitman handle the interior, making this a fine example of the creative teamwork that kept this series rolling through the decade.