Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (1950) comic books 1951
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Issue #5
Published Jul 1951 by Toby Press.$8.10
Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Elmer Wexler. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. To prove his own innocence, Billy sets out to bring in a killer, but the weather and the wolves are against him. Billy tries to prevent a boy driven by vengeance from committing murder. Young would-be cowhands get lectured by the Oldtimer on how to treat a lady. Wolfbait; Revenge Fever; Ten-Gallon Allen; Buffaloing the Buffalo; Oldtimer: Women Haters. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published Sep 1951 by Toby Press.$25.50
View scanStories and art by Jack Sparling and Leon Winik. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy helps a town stand up to the Black Diamond Boys - but there are more Boys than he thought. Billy has a nightmare of fighting with a gorilla, in a dream sequence that may be early work by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Billy is on a stagecoach that is transporting a gold shipment, joining forces with the sheriff in a tense standoff against marauding outlaws. The Black Diamond Boys; Nightmare!; White Courage; Stagecoach; Ten-Gallon Allen; Oldtimer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
