Outlaws of the West (1957 Charlton) comic books 1960-1969

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. When outlaws take over the Quaker town of Paradise, the townsfolk only see two choices, but a stranger sees a third alternative. Trailtown seeks a younger sheriff to deal with the rowdy trail hands that ride through town - but when the bank is robbed, they get a reality check. The Cheyenne Kid intervenes when very tall Native Head-Hits-the-Sky tries to rouse his tribe to war. The Third Step; Law Man; Valley of Disaster; Sand Trap; Cheyenne Kid: The Giant. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Montes, Bill Molno and Ernie Hart. Stories and art by Bill Montes, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The Utah Kid lets a wounded sheriff go free, so they can be on equal terms for their eventual showdown. Hostile Natives trap a wagon train in a snowbound pass, and Rocky must make a dangerous ride for help. Jim rides into the hills to join Fargo Ames and his "Wild Bunch." Fast Gun; Rocky Lane's Black Jack: The White Death; The Hunters; Western Wanderings; Practice Makes Perfect; The Wild Bunch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. An unarmed, disabled Civil War vet is the only man in Greene Valley who dares stand against outlaw Bud, in a story (and cover) by war comics legend Sam Glanzman. Blonde femme fatale Stella is planning a bank robbery, but when the Cholla Kid rides into town, she gets an even more fiendish idea. The town of Cabotville makes a devil's bargain with gun-crazy outlaw Tate Marlin. The Lonely Gun; With Gun Slung Low; Bat Masterson: Bats First Bat; Stranded; The Pony Express Rider; Terror Rides into Town. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Red and Joe make a desperate break from a prison farm, but can they trust each other long enough to escape the posse? Lucas's gang has planned their bank robbery to the last detail, except for one - the guard's new dog. Fugitive outlaw Shad takes over a remote farmhouse, but the settlers are tougher than he thinks. Plus a vintage ad for collecting toy Western guns by clipping "prize corners" from the covers of Charlton comic books. Another Chance at Murder; The Stupid Mutt; I Was a Cowboy; The Pinkerton Man; Trackdown; The Desperate Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Maurice Whitman and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Gunslinger Blaine Corbet makes a powerful enemy when he wounds the son of the local land baron. Few rustlers can rustle an entire herd at once, but Monk Mattson's gang is grand larceny on the hoof. Gunslinger Dane Brande (gotta love these names) is pushed too far when outlaws target the little old man who befriended him. Gunsmoke in Paradise; Rustlers' Roundup!; The Deadly Rendezvous; Puzzled Peter; A Gun in His Hand! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. An aging outlaw faces a brash young kid, in the first and only adventure of the Lone Wolf. Outlaws and lawmen alike are mystified by the disappearance of Buck Harwood after a bank robbery. Marshal Titus Fleet (gotta love these names) dares to ride into a lawless corner of the West with a warrant for outlaw Mingo Bart. The Lone Wolf; Lucky Buck Harwood; Beyond the Law; Just a Judge; Brute Force. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Reformed outlaw Clay becomes sheriff of Buckhorn, but his resolve is tested when a gang of owlhoots rides into town. Stage robber Cap realizes that the new Marshal in town is his long-forgotten son. Cowboy Burris rescues a man injured in a cattle stampede, unaware that he's a dangerous outlaw named Snake. Gun Justice; Blood Is Thicker; The Outlaw Express; Kit Carsons Adventure; Snake Bite. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Bank robber Todd executes the perfect heist, but then finds himself trapped in the badlands, with only his bad self for company. Forced off his land by the railroad, Purdy begins a one-man campaign against the railroad and the men who run it. In a tale set during Prohibition, Burke's gang hides out in the Oklahoma badlands, but they didn't expect aging gunslinger Jesse to still be on his game. The Lonely Outlaw; Purdy vs. the Railroad; The Gentle Gunman; Two-Way Trap; Arrowhead; Dooleys Last Shot. 32 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The Trent Family gang rides through New Mexico stealing and shooting at their wont, until they finally meet their match. A state governor (who resembles Teddy Roosevelt) is targeted by an outlaw gang while touring the West, but luckily, a handsome cowpoke is quick on the draw. Marshal Hickok faces an outlaw gang in a duel to the death. The Black Sheep!; The Governor's Men; The Way to Win; The End of Hawkeye Joe; He Did the Kid; Death Was Waiting; Marked Marshal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A Texas Ranger is tracked down by the vengeful son of a man he was forced to kill six years before. The Sheriff of Tombstone confronts an outlaw gang that refuses to surrender their guns at the town border. Trapped by Shark Benson's outlaw gang, the Masked Raider is forced to join up with them. The Hate Trail; Sheriff of Tombstone: A Short Stay in Tombstone; Masked Raider: The Evil Partners; Petes Pistols; Strange Trail. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A bounty hunter is hired to track down the train robber known as The Smiler. Outlaws get their first acquaintance with the tiny "pepperbox" pistol when they target a harmless-looking tenderfoot. The masked crime-fighter called the Gunmaster takes on the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and their Gatling gun. The Bounty Hunter; Little Death; Miners of 49; Gunmaster: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Newcomer Wayne accidentally makes a stand against Buck Mays and his gang. Bank robber Kell has every aspect of his getaway planned, except one. The Masked Raider must protect his trained eagle, Talon, after it is accused of stealing a baby. Guns of Loredo; Perfect Getaway!; Attack by Night; The Badmen; Sheriff Slidell: The Vest Is to the Left; Masked Raider: Open Season on Talon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Chavez runs the perfect hideout for outlaws. Wounded, dying outlaw leader Chet has some final words for his gang. Sheriff Dag Huston (gotta love these names) sets out alone after bank robber Flick Colby. Comanchero; The Hideout; Death on the Owlhoot Trail; Doc Does His Duty; Return of the Outlaw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Vince Colletta. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Maurice Whitman, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Outlaw Kincaid escapes prison and eludes a manhunt, just to get one glimpse of his young son Ken. Left in the desert with nothing but his skivvies, Texas Ranger Ben disguises himself as an outlaw to bring in the Palance brothers. The Outlaw; Grizzly Death; Deadly Masquerade; Apache Vengeance; Hangtown, U.S.A.; 100 lbs. of Gold; Poco Grande Showdown. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Montes, Ernie Bache and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Texas Ranger Clay must convince well-meaning vigilantes that actual law has come to Texas. Billy the Kid (the heroic Charlton version) joins forces with Pat Garrett (!) to transport captive outlaw Bundy Gurt to prison before his gang can set him free. Plus historical facts about the so-called "war bonnet" of the Plains Indians that are intended to correct popular misconceptions. Ranger Law; War Bonnet!; Billy the Kid: The Getaway Gang; The Man They Feared; Comanche Captive; The Patient Man! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The Sheriff of Tombstone must protect an orphaned infant after a rumor spreads that his parents died of Black Plague. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Hal becomes a wanted fugitive. Jesse Carp and his gang want to pull one last train job before retiring. The Prisoners; Wanted, Dead or Alive!; Get That Gold; Payment Deferred! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Vince Colletta, Bill Molno, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. An outlaw gang tricks a saloon sweeper into being their fall guy for a bank job. Outlaw Rollie Cash returns to town after seven years, with murder on his mind. Wounded Marshal Brock Fenton must bring outlaw Fog McBane to trial by crossing a dangerous desert. Plus a cautionary tale about drifting into juvenile delinquency, in the Cold War public service announcement What You Do in Your Spare Time. ("The time is past when our nation could afford street-corner loafers!") The Fall Guy; Someone Had to Die; Bitter End; Trapping and Trading; Badge Fighter; The Capture; Your Role in the Cold War. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. In 1937, an aging outlaw tells a young boy the true story of the life and death of One-Eyed Jack. A thief named Boots is directed by Arthur, the Instigator. Arizona Ranger Harry makes a desperate attempt to take out Red Jack Smith, who has a perfect holdout spot in the high cliffs. One-Eyed Jack Died Here; The Instigator; The Santa Fe Trail; The Unwilling Sheriff; Killer in the Cliffs; The Ghost of Nugget Gulch. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Gunslinger Foss Bent makes the mistake of drawing against the son of King Cabot, the local land baron. Released from prison and dying of TB, outlaw Pearly makes a desperate run to Texas with his ex-partner...but why? The outlaw leader known as The Fatman gives a federal Marshal his own version of the law. The Law in His Hands; The Owlhoot Trail; Manhunt; One Man Posse; Fatman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The intro reads, "Adam Black, bounty hunter! Fast, tricky...a human vulture who brings 'em back dead to collect his bounty!" Can't improve on that.... A lawman tries to enter the impenetrable outlaw hideout of Robber's Roost. "Stock detective" Chuck goes undercover in a rustler's gang to learn how McCoy acquires cattle for his ranch. The Bounty Hunter; Robbers Roost; Roger Rogan; Rustlers Payoff; Wanted Alive. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. When outlaw Con Ferris even has the town sheriff at bay, one boy sets out to stop him. Paw Teal and his family terrorize the Oklahoma Territory. Gunslinger Cato gets a chance to create a new identity and go straight. The Killer Clan; Ex-Outlaw; Holliday Takes a Holiday; Saga of a Gun Wolf; Road to the Gallows. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Brett Melody's life is transformed by hate, until he has the chance to trade it for vengeance. Texas Ranger Dawes tracks down arms dealer Goganoff, and finds himself surrounded by hostile Comanches and Comancheros. Young gunslinger Lance decides it's finally time to track down terrifying outlaw Sharpe Dunlap. Bullet Bait; Camp of the Comancheros; Six Steps and a Shot; Blood of an Indian; The Swiveled Holster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Ernie Bache, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The masked hero known as the Gunmaster must protect a local businessman who has set up a dam. Cal James has a fearsome reputation as a gunslinger, but one man believes it's all talk. Rustler Slade Peters vows revenge on the man who captured him, rancher Cole Davis. The Myth; The Vow; Bullet for Bullan; Gunmaster: Bubbling Gold; Showdown; The Massacre. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Dick Giordano, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Outlaw King Wade becomes the ruler of the lawless Wyoming Territory, until one man stands up to him. Johnny takes on gambler Bones Jordy and his gang of outlaws and vigilantes. "Baby Face" Turner gives the citizens of Brattbury until noon to surrender the entire town to him. The King of Wyoming; Vigilante Justice; Measure a Mile; Ghost Town; The Miracle at Brattbury. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Gray-templed gunfighter "Kid" Montana inherits a share of a silver mine, and a whole lot of trouble. Todd joins the Keever gang for revenge after his horse-rustling father dies in prison. Seven outlaws take over a town, becoming a sort of Malevolent Seven. Plus a look at the impact the Winchester rifle had on the West. 1 Share of Murder; The Revenge Seeker; The Set-Up; The Winchester Rifle; Trail of Death; The Badmen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A homesteader has a final confrontation with the rancher who's trying to roust him. Deputy Ray pursues outlaw Coll for four long years, catching up with him just after a bank robbery. Depression-era gangsters hide out in a ghost town and meet the spirit of an Old West outlaw. Showdown at the Border; Farmer with a Gun; A Sheriff with Nerve; Badman's Ghost; Condemned Man; Symbol of Freedom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Kent has an urgent message he must deliver to Fort Blair, but outlaw king Segoro and his Apache strike force are waiting for him. Buddy idolizes his Uncle Ralph, and helps him escape from the town jail, not realizing that makes him an outlaw too. Billy the Kid (the heroic Charlton version) is forced to hide out when the Griskins gang marks him for death. Pony Rider; Jail Break; Dangerous Assignment; The White Calf; Billy the Kid: Get Out or Die; Deef Bob. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.