The Rawhide Kid #42

Marvel's frontier hero crouches behind a wooden barrier with pistol blazing, outnumbered but utterly unflinching as Yerby's Yahoos open fire from the rooftops and alleyways behind him — it's a tense, red-sky standoff rendered with real energy by cover artists Joe Maneely and Jack Kirby. Stan Lee and Larry Lieber bring the action inside with "Gunfight With Yerby's Yahoos!", and the cover's bold promise that the Kid is "more daring than ever" feels entirely earned given the odds stacked against him. At just 12 cents in 1964, this is Marvel's Western storytelling firing on all cylinders.