Kid Colt Outlaw #109

Kid Colt takes his trademark western grit somewhere unexpected in this 1963 Marvel adventure — the deck of a sailing ship, where multiple revolvers and a lit pistol are trained on him from every angle as a bearded, uniformed figure commands the scene below. Jack Kirby's pencils and Dick Ayers' inks bring real urgency to the cover: Kid Colt leaps desperately through the rigging, exclaiming that the Barracuda's men are everywhere and he has nowhere to turn. It's a vivid setup for "At the Mercy of the Barracuda!" — a story that trades the open frontier for high-seas danger without losing any of the tension that made Kid Colt one of Marvel's most enduring western heroes.