Kid Colt Outlaw #56

Joe Maneely's cover for this 1956 Atlas Western crackles with tension as Kid Colt — hat knocked clean off his head — fires his revolver point-blank at a massive, looming gunman in the foreground while a grinning outlaw closes in from behind. The cover promises "Showdown at Sundown!" and "Flames Along the Border!," two titles that hint at the high-stakes frontier action waiting inside, brought to life by Jack Keller's art. At a dime a copy, this was pure Saturday-afternoon excitement for Western fans of the era.