Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine

Toby Press’s Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine ran for 29 issues from 1950 to 1955, a western anthology that blended historical outlaw lore with pulp action. The series most frequently featured the art of Jack Sparling and Tom Gill, with scripts from Harvey Kurtzman, Art Helfant, and David Tendlar, giving it a gritty, fast-drawn energy typical of early-1950s newsstand comics. Centered on the infamous Billy the Kid—and his real name, Henry McCarty—it offered a mix of frontier shootouts and outlaw legends, standing as a modest but steady entry in the postwar western comic boom.