Tex Willer #131

Tex Willer takes the brawl to the big city in issue #131, "Manhattan!" — and Claudio Villa's cover makes every punch count, showing the legendary cowboy in his trademark yellow shirt trading blows with purple-suited adversaries on what appears to be an iron bridge or elevated railway structure, with a gas-lit street scene stretching into the background. It's a vivid collision of frontier grit and urban atmosphere, with bodies mid-fall and fists flying in every direction. With a writing team that includes Erik van Helvoort, Ben Kamphuis, Fernanda Martins, and Mauro Boselli, alongside Maurizio Dotti's artwork, this 2023 Dutch edition delivers Tex well outside his usual western territory.