Kid Colt Outlaw #124

Kid Colt rides straight into trouble on this September 1965 Marvel cover, where the sharp-shooting outlaw in his red shirt and blue outfit is caught mid-gunfight against a gang of armed desperados — bullets sparking as he battles his way through a crowded saloon brawl. Looming ominously in the foreground is the masked, purple-caped figure of the Phantom Raider, his identity a tantalizing question the cover openly promises to answer inside. Sol Brodsky's cover artwork sets up a classic double mystery — a missing mustang and a masked villain — making this a fine snapshot of Marvel's western storytelling at its most energetic.