The Rawhide Kid #87

Marvel's frontier hero is at his scrappy best on this May 1971 cover, where the Rawhide Kid — blue-clad and red-haired — whips a lasso in a crackling arc that connects squarely with a bearded opponent in the foreground, while more rough-and-tumble adversaries close in from every direction in what looks like a tight, chaotic brawl. Larry Lieber's pencils, inked by John Tartaglione, pack the scene with real kinetic energy, making it easy to see why the cover tagline promises action "When the Spoilers Strike." At 15 cents, this is a solid slice of Marvel's Western catalog — fast-moving and fun.