Kid Colt Outlaw #53

The cover of this October 1955 Atlas Comics western says it all — Kid Colt, in his red shirt and cowboy hat, stares down a massive armed figure looming in the foreground with a leveled rifle, while a gang of outlaws closes in from behind. Joe Maneely's cover art frames the standoff with real tension, the cover blurb promising "Kid Colt faces his most dangerous show-down!" Inside, Jack Keller brings the action to life in "Keyhole Pass," written by Joe Gill — a fine creative team delivering the kind of frontier adventure that made this series a staple of 1955 western comics.