Billy the Kid #76

Charlton's long-running frontier series charges into 1970 with a cover by José Delbo that puts Billy the Kid front and center — blue hat pulled low, rifle blazing as a longhorn bull surges directly toward him amid a churning stampede. A mounted rider pursues through the dust clouds in the background, while a young woman's face floats in the upper corner, hinting at the stakes in store with the interior story "A Friend In Need," illustrated by Luis Dominguez. It's a solidly crafted slice of Western action at a time when Charlton was keeping the cowboy comic alive and kicking.