Billy the Kid #50

Charlton's Billy the Kid #50 puts the young gunfighter front and center in a tense standoff — crouched behind cover with a rifle and a six-shooter at the ready, his eyes locked on a group of armed men gathering in the dusty street behind him. Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio's cover art captures that coiled-spring moment before trouble breaks loose, with the rocky frontier terrain and a rough-hewn town setting the mood perfectly. Inside, Joe Gill's stories — including "4th of July in Popskull Flats" and features on King Cole and Boomerang Bronco — promise the kind of action-packed Western storytelling that made Charlton's line a reliable 12-cent treat in 1965.