Gunhawks #6

Marvel's western frontier takes a gut-punch turn with this 1973 issue of The Gunhawks, where the cover — penciled by Dick Ayers and inked by Jack Abel — drops readers into a moment of desperate tension: Reno Jones stands over the fallen body of Kid Cassidy, surrounded by armed men leveling accusations at him, his own anguished expression making clear something has gone terribly wrong between partners. The story title "Death of a Gunhawk" looms over everything the cover promises, lending the confrontation a weight that sets this issue apart from a standard shoot-'em-up. For fans of Marvel's early-'70s western output, this one hits with real emotional stakes.