Cheyenne Kid #30

This September 1961 Charlton Western pits two hard-faced men in broad-brimmed hats against each other in a tense face-off, their argument captured in speech bubbles that crackle with frontier tension — all rendered with crisp, assured linework by cover artist John Severin. Below that confrontation, a collage of action panels teases a hard-riding horseman and a burst of "POW POW BLAM" gunfire, setting the stage for the story "A Nice Peaceful Town" — a title that feels delightfully ironic given the chaos on display. With writing by Joe Gill and interior art by Jack Keller and Dick Giordano, Cheyenne Kid #30 delivers the kind of scrappy, dust-kicking Western adventure that made Charlton's dime comics a reliable Saturday afternoon treat.