Western Gunfighters

From 1961 to 1963, Horwitz published 24 issues of Western Gunfighters, a gritty, action-driven comic that brought Marvel’s classic Western heroes into the modern era. Though primarily written by Stan Lee, the series is visually defined by the rugged pencils of Maurice Bramley, Joe Maneely, and Dick Giordano, who filled each page with dusty showdowns and frontier grit. It stands as a key artifact of the early 1960s Western comic boom, showcasing Lee’s storytelling range beyond superheroes.