Kid Colt Outlaw #166

From Marvel's long-running western series comes Kid Colt Outlaw #166 (January 1973), subtitled "Showdown at White Stallion Saloon!" — and Gil Kane's cover delivers that tension in full. Kid Colt stands unarmed and defiant in a saloon doorway, two pistols thrust into his face at point-blank range from either side, while speech balloons crackle with a cold-blooded accusation and a lethal threat. It's a masterclass in comic-book suspense framing, and with Joe Gill writing and Jack Keller on art, "Vengeance Trail!" promises the kind of gritty frontier action that kept this series riding strong well into the Bronze Age.