Secret Origins #4

DC's reprint showcase Secret Origins #4 from 1973 digs into the backstories of two distinctive characters — the western hero Vigilante and the mysterious Kid Eternity. Nick Cardy's cover neatly frames both: the masked, red-bandana-wearing Vigilante is posed boldly with his six-shooter on the left, while a central vignette depicts a somber young man standing at a gravestone marked "Sheriff Sanders — Murdered by Outlaws," hinting at the tragedy behind the hero's crusade; below, Kid Eternity appears in a separate panel, arms crossed, alongside a striking scene of a figure swept up in churning waters. It's a satisfying package of "most sought-after stories," with Mort Meskin's art on the Vigilante origin bringing a gritty western sensibility to one of DC's earlier frontier heroes.