The Rawhide Kid #99

The cover of this 1972 Marvel Western tells the story at a glance: the Rawhide Kid, his gun hand wrapped in bandages, faces down a hulking adversary in a tense main-street standoff while a crowd of onlookers jeers that the Kid can't draw — the dialogue balloons ratcheting up the suspense one count at a time. Larry Lieber's pencils and George Roussos's inks give the scene real punch, with a bullet already sparking off the ground as both men reach their moment of truth. "The Manhunters" promises exactly the kind of high-stakes, against-the-odds action that made Rawhide Kid one of Marvel's most dependable Western titles.