Rawhide Kid #8

Among Atlas Comics' western offerings of 1956, Rawhide Kid #8 promises all-new frontier action with the bold tagline "He Shares His Saddle with Danger!" The cover by John Severin puts the fringed, blue-hatted Rawhide Kid in a tense rocky standoff against a dark-clad desperado leveling a pistol, while additional figures loom in the background — a charged scene that lives up to the headline "Rawhide Kid Versus the 'Desperado!'" Inside, Don Rico and Dick Ayers deliver the story "Powder Keg!", suggesting the fireworks on that cover are just the beginning.