The Ringo Kid #19

Marvel's frontier hero takes center stage on this 1973 cover by penciler Alan Weiss and inker Frank Giacoia, where the Ringo Kid crouches low on a saloon floor, six-shooter drawn, defiantly facing down a threatening figure while a massive ghostly gloved hand grips a revolver overhead — with a sheriff's star lying at his feet and townsfolk watching tensely in the background. The bold cover copy "Thunder from the West!" and the Kid's own speech bubble — declaring his intention to pick up that tin star — set an unmistakable tone of frontier resolve. At just 20 cents, this issue delivers the kind of gritty Western drama that made Marvel's Western titles a genuine treat in the early '70s.