The Rawhide Kid #79

Cover by Larry Lieber puts the tension front and center: the Rawhide Kid on horseback wheels to face a Union soldier — also mounted and guns drawn — while a band of armed men in matching yellow uniforms closes in from the canyon floor below. The exchange of dialogue ("I'm thru toying with you, Yankee — get ready to die!" / "The war's over, hombre… and I aim to keep it that way!") sets up a post-Civil War clash that feels anything but settled. Titled "Legion of the Lost!", this 1970 Marvel issue promises the kind of sharp, morally charged Western action that made the series a standout of the era.