The Rawhide Kid #144

Marvel's long-running western series delivers a tense saloon showdown in this 1978 issue, with cover art by Gil Kane putting the Rawhide Kid front and center — gun drawn, mid-leap, caught between two armed opponents in purple who are already reeling from the confrontation. The cover copy says it all: "They'd been friends — they'd been foes, and this was the day they'd settle it forever!" — setting up "Frontier Fury" as a clash with real personal stakes. Larry Lieber handles both writing and interior art, bringing the same energy to the story that Kane's dynamic cover promises.