Billy the Kid (1956 Charlton) comic books 1962

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy seeks refuge in a hidden valley populated by giant mountain lions. Young cowhand Ed is publicly shamed when he backs down from a gunfight. A town run by a cruel preacher and his gang allows no guns, and his cronies give an unarmed Billy a savage beat-down. The Puma's Pet; Why Maverick?; The Medicine Man; The Comeback; Memories of Custer; Gunless Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. While hiding out in a Mexican village, Billy runs afoul of revolutionaries who don't like foreigners. Billy battles outlaws who use stolen dynamite to destroy train bridges, and anything else that gets in their way. Marshal Wyatt Earp takes down a drunk gunslinger without ever firing a shot. General Billy; The Dynamiters; Draw; Fremont Crosses the Sierra Nevada; Shanghaied. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. In Mexico, Billy the Kid tries to save a Spanish noblewoman from assassins, but she doesn't take kindly to being manhandled by the boyish gunslinger. Billy gets shanghaied onto a boat to San Francisco, finding the sailors are as tough as any Old West outlaw. A corrupt rancher frames Billy for a crime, then tries to get him lynched to avoid a trial. Plus a charming vintage ad for "Charlton Comics Gifts" readers can earn- including a Secret Rocket, Atomic Bubble Blower, and "Teen Dream Silk Scarf" - by clipping corners from their comic covers (!). The Duchess and the Gunslinger; The Frisco Fanner; The Princess; Lynch Mob. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. In Mexico, Billy is captured by a powerful bandit leader who plans to put him in front of a firing squad. Outlaws take over a disabled homesteader's property and turn it into their personal hideout. Billy routs an entire outlaw gang that's hiding out in a saloon. In Mexico, Billy encounters the woman who holds the key to a fortune in gold once hidden in an Aztec temple by the Emperor Maximillian. He must protect her from a French assassin. El Hombre's Army; Gimpy's Boy; That Nice Bonney Boy!; Hamilton Heads Here; Tenderfoot; Maximillian's Heirs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy tries to put his violent past behind him and become a simple farmhand, but danger seems to follow him wherever he goes. True tales of Western life, including the challenges and dangers of cattle drives, and life in a Native American village. Billy finally meets a gunslinger who's faster on the draw than he is - and it might be the end of Billy the Kid. Rimrock Rustlers; Trails West; The Comancheros; A Visit to an Indian Tribe; The Cowboy's Horse; A Faster Gun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. The governor of New Mexico hires Billy to find out where Apache leader Vittorio is getting the guns for his war against white settlers. Billy saves a young Native boy from a cougar, an act that has profound consequences later. A story of Billy the Kid's early days, when a kindly rancher took him under his wing, and an outlaw gave him a reason to pick up a gun. Apache Guns; The Sound of Drums; Symbol of Freedom; Hunch and a Horse; Mark of the Gunman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.