Six-Gun Heroes (1950 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1958-1960

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Maurice Whitman, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. This issue switches main characters again, now focusing on Western legends Kit Carson, Jim Bowie and Daniel Boone. Kit Carson is based on the character from the popular 1951-1955 television series "The Adventures of Kit Carson." Kit Carson manages to rescue a man thrown into the rapids, only for them both to be captured by rustlers when they get to shore. The new sheriff of Sandy Creek is a bully who jails anyone who crosses him, and that includes Daniel Boone. Kit Carson: Apache Gold; Kit Carson: Incident at Devils Roar Rapids; Kit Carson: Showdown Near Taos; The Concord Coach; Jim Bowie: Long Shot; Daniel Boone: Sandy Creek Jailbreak. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Stories and art by Joe Maneely, Bill Molno and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Kit Carson is based on the character from the popular 1951-1955 television series "The Adventures of Kit Carson." Sure shot Dave is forced to become a gunfighter when owlhoot Lou Collins tries to force a man off his property. Kit Carson helps female prospector Molly Barton resist the men who are trying to drive her off her land. An outlaw targets a stagecoach carrying gold, but the sheriff is one step ahead. Kit Carson: Has Kit Turned Traitor?; Gunfighter for Hire!; The Insolent Idol; Kit Carson: The Mystery of the Pestered Prospector; The Stolen Trap. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Jesse James risks his life to protect a greenhorn in the outlaw stronghold known as Craghorn. Townspeople are concerned when legendary lawmen Lash LaRue and Billy the Kid plan a showdown. Annie Oakley (a shapely blonde in these stories) stops a bank robbery and wins a beauty contest...all in a day's work for the sharpest shot in the West. Wild Bill Hickok: The Bulletproof Outlaw; Jesse James: Vigilante Law; Lash LaRue: Showdown; Cowboy Haven; Outlaw Town; Annie Oakley: Gunpowder & Paint. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Joe Maneely, Pete Morisi, Dick Giordano, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. The townspeople think the world's gone topsy-turvy when lawman Wild Bill Hickok loses his badge and goes on a drunken rampage through town. Crack shot Annie Oakley isn't sure how to respond when she's in a rodeo sharpshooting contest against an impoverished boy who is the best shot in these parts. A sadistic ranch foreman meets a new hire who finally stands up to him, in a story with art by future EC legends Al Williamson and Angelo Torres. Wild Bill Hickok: Gold and Lead!; Jesse James: The James Gang Strikes; Lash LaRue: Trail To Laramie!; Gunpowder Into Flour; New Hand; Annie Oakley: Fancy Shootin'; Apache Lore. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Pat Masulli. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. With Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson keeping the peace in Dodge City, outlaws attempt to engineer a duel between the two lawmen. A corrupt landlord reckons that he can scare a woman off her property, but he didn't count on sharpshootin' Annie Oakley. "Roving marshal" Lash LaRue is the only chance for a blind man and his daughter taken hostage by an outlaw. Wyatt Earp: Showdown; Tyrant Guns; Buffalo Bob Burton; Jesse James: Vigilante Law; Lash LaRue: Blind Spot; Wild Bill Hickok: Handcuffed Marshal; Annie Oakley: Pore Helpless Female. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Pete Morisi, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Ex-convict Slocum returns to town, determined to prove he was framed by Brigsby, in a story with art by future EC legends Al Williamson and Angelo Torres. Crack shot Annie Oakley gets engaged to handsome, gentlemanly Jack Blaney, but she's not aware that he's a just trying to distract her while his gang robs the bank - or is she? Buford sets out for revenge against the man who framed him and sent him to prison, arriving just as he's framing someone else. Wyatt Earp: Taken Alive; Tyrant Guns; High Heel; The Long Ride to Nowhere; Lash LaRue: Dangerous Territory; Wild Bill Hickok: Badman's Return; Annie Oakley Gets Engaged! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. When Windy Bayles' gang rides into town, Marshal Hickok surprises him and everyone by offering to turn in his badge and let Windy rob the bank unhindered. Crack shot Annie Oakley lets Cletus Kidd and his gang rob the bank and the general store because she doesn't want to risk innocent people getting hurt, but when they hit her favorite hat store, they've gone too far. A bank robber's cunning remark casts doubts on Wyatt Earp's reputation. Wyatt Earp: Devil's Rendezvous; Gold; Lash LaRue: Hidden Guns; Wild Bill Hickok: Cautious Marshal; Annie Oakley The Last Straw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Ernie Hart, Pete Morisi, Bill Montes, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Fugitive gone straight Jesse wants to turns himself in to Lash LaRue, so the reward money can pay his fiancee's medical bills. Crack shot Annie Oakley teaches a tenderfoot how to protect himself. Wyatt Earp tells his new deputy, Midge, about his own days as a deputy. Plus a biography of cowboy President Teddy Roosevelt. Wyatt Earp: He Rides Alone; Lash LaRue: Crossed Trails; Wild Bill Hickok: Rio Crossing; No More Mustangs; A Cowboy Called Teddy; Annie Oakley: The Turning Worm. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Ernie Hart, Pete Morisi, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. A mysterious blond Kid with a big gun helps Lash LaRue take down a stagecoach-robbing gang. Crack shot Annie Oakley decides the bullying Smith brothers need to be taken down a peg or two. Wild Bill Hickok must stop Mike Hanlon from getting to his desert fortress with stolen gold, and he must do it without any weapons. Wyatt Earp: The Buntline Beauty; Lash LaRue: Big Gun; Wild Bill Hickok: Bare Knuckle Law; Fort Gant; Annie Oakley: Lesson In Manners. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ernie Hart, Pete Morisi, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. After Natives capture an Army major's daughter, only Lash LaRue can prevent a bloody escalation of the conflict. Crack shot Annie Oakley captures the leader of an outlaw band, but his gang plans to bust him out of jail. Action-girl Annie warns the outlaw, "If you throw a bullet at me, I'll show you what shootin' really is!" When owlhoots swindle a wealthy tenderfoot, Marshal Wyatt Earp disguises himself and sets up a counter-scam. Wyatt Earp: The Terrible Tenderfoot; A Friend Indeed!; Lash LaRue: Drums of Battle; Wild Bill Hickok: Cornered; The Gun; Annie Oakley: The Wildcat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. When the local kids tell Lash LaRue they're scared to go to the swimming hole, Lash figures he's found the rustlers he's chasing. Wyatt Earp saves beautiful blond Miss Eva from a coach accident and starts to fall for her, but it's all a trap set up by a corrupt, wealthy Wichita cattle dealer. Plus short scenes from the lives of Old West lawmen Pat Garrett, Bucky O'Neill and Wyatt Earp. Wyatt Earp: The Velvet Trap; Lash LaRue: Man-Made Stampede; Wild Bill Hickok: This Way to Boot Hill; Pioneering; The Badge; Annie Oakley: The Set-Up; Three Sheriffs in One. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. An old enemy hires The Frijole Kid to take care of Wyatt Earp. Price gouging threatens to send the gold-rush town of Bonanza Gap into a mini-depression, unless Lash LaRue can talk some reason into the shopkeepers. Annie Oakley stops a bank robbery and gets voted queen of the Alkali Flats fair. Wyatt Earp: Buntline Magic; Lash LaRue: Trouble in Bonanza; Wild Bill Hickok: Gila River Fracas; Lost and Found; Rocky Lane: Bushwacked; Annie Oakley: Queen of Alkali Flats. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ernie Hart, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. A powerful land baron uses thugs to drive homesteaders out of Rain Valley, but when he goes after a 5-year-old orphan, Wild Bill Hickok decides he's gone too far. A barkeep who is also the town's judge, prosecutor and mayor makes his own justice, and that doesn't set well with Wyatt Earp. The townsfolk can't believe it when sharpshooting, two-fisted action gal Annie Oakley gets all girled up while courting John Foxworth. Wyatt Earp: One Man Justice; Lash LaRue: Bushwacker's Reward; Wild Bill Hickok: The Nester's Kid; Prince Albert Kid; Annie Oakley: Delicate Annie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Outraged by the lawlessness of the Old West, gunsmith Clay Boone decides to create a masked identity to deal out justice, and the Gunmaster is born. According to Don Markstein's Toonopedia, "The Gunmaster replaced Wild Bill Hickok (whose unrelated Saturday morning TV series had gone off the air the previous year) just as the superheroes were coming back. A stranger new to town tries to intimidate Annie Oakley into selling her ranch, but he doesn't know Annie very well. Dodge City's gambling czar Ace turns the townsfolk against Wyatt Earp when he tries closing his casinos and saloons. Lash LaRue: The Stray; Introducing the Gunmaster; Manana Mountain; Annie Oakley: Six-Gun Serenade; Wyatt Earp: Top Guns. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Wyatt Earp faces the untamed mountain men Moose and Crusher Bantree. The Gunmaster learns that outlaws are planning to frame the nearby Sioux and start a war with white settlers. Annie Oakley decides to teach the Tansey Brothers some manners. Lash LaRue: Gun Reign; The Gunmaster: Behind the Guns; Harrison Trail; Wild Bill Hickok: End of a Badman; Annie Oakley: Darlin' Annie; Wyatt Earp: The Mountain Men. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. After a masked robber trades bullets with Wyatt Earp and gets away, ex-con Rocky is sure that he'll be blamed for the crime. Gunsmith Clay Boone is never around when the masked Gunmaster is fighting bad guys, and his boss Ebenezer Crotch (yes, really) thinks it's because he's a coward. Tired of being pushed around by bullies like Iron Joe, the ladies in town learn firearms and fisticuffs from Annie Oakley. Lash LaRue: Surprise for the Badgers; The Gunmaster: The Courageous Coward; When Is a Shooting Not a Shooting?; Easy Pickin's; Annie Oakley: The Fair Reformers; Wyatt Earp: The Last Card. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Colletta and Sal Trapani. A showcase for popular Western heroes and movie cowboys. Wild Bill Hickok must save Don Perez's girlfriend from a rogue puma. When Gentry Cole and his Apache pals cause trouble in town, gunsmith Clay Boone beats a hasty retreat so the Gunmaster can deal with them. Sharp-shooter Annie is also sharp-witted, figuring out who robbed the bank in record time. Lash LaRue: Troubleshooter; The Gunmaster: The Killers' Guns!; A Western Wizzard; Wild Bill Hickok: Don for a Day; Annie Oakley: Annie Ain't a Gentleman; Wyatt Earp: Gun-Crazy Marshal. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.