Kid Colt Outlaw #69

Kid Colt Outlaw #69 brings a tense standoff to the frontier in this 1957 Atlas Western, with Joe Maneely's cover depicting the blond gunfighter mid-draw, his pistol already sparking as he faces down a pair of pursuing gunmen closing in from behind a gnarled tree. A wanted poster nailed to that same tree and the taunt "The Kid Can't Escape Now!" make it clear the odds are stacked against our hero, while the story title "Tinhorn Sheriff!" promises plenty of rough-and-tumble range justice inside. At just ten cents, this is sharp, energetic Western storytelling with art that captures every crackle of danger.