Kid Colt Outlaw #219

The cover — penciled by Larry Lieber and John Romita, inked by Dick Ayers and John Romita — puts Kid Colt in a desperate spot, firing his pistols point-blank at the metal-helmeted Iron Mask while ricocheting bullets spark harmlessly off that imposing iron face. Iron Mask looms in his sweeping brown coat, taunting the Kid with the promise that his bullets simply cannot stop him, and the cover copy boldly announces that "The Unbeatable Iron Mask Is Back!!" This August 1977 Marvel issue pairs that pulse-raising confrontation with the tantalizing tease of a "Circus of Crime" gang waiting in the wings — exactly the kind of wild Western adventure that made Kid Colt Outlaw a Marvel staple.