Wild Bill Hickok

In the late 1940s, Avon Publications launched Wild Bill Hickok, a western comic that ran for 28 issues through 1956, chronicling the adventures of the legendary lawman and scout. The series was most frequently written by Kenneth Gamet and illustrated by a rotating team of Howard Larsen, Everett Raymond Kinstler, and Art Peddy, whose crisp, action-oriented art captured the grit of the frontier. It stands as a solid example of the postwar western comic boom, delivering straightforward tales of justice and gunplay that resonated with readers of the era.