Billy the Kid #47

A tense standoff crackles across this 1964 Charlton cover, penciled and inked by Dick Giordano, as a blond Billy Bonney faces down a larger, armed adversary who snarls "You lie, Bonney! Go for your iron!" — the moment balanced right on a razor's edge. The frontier backdrop of dusty buildings and rocky terrain frames the confrontation perfectly, with both men's hands near their weapons and the outcome hanging in the air. Inside, writer Joe Gill and artist Charles Nicholas (inked by Vince Alascia) deliver "Uhlan Renegade," promising another gritty chapter in Billy the Kid's hard-riding adventures.