Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (1950) comic books 1952
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Issue #8
Published Jan 1952 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Leon Winik and Art Helfant. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy learns the truth about a legendary cave full of treasure, haunted by the ghost of a conquistador. Billy helps a trapped man, and gets caught up in the battle against outlaw Kurt Stiletto. Billy finds trouble after joining a group of Native American teens for a game of football. The Haunted Cave; The Weeper; Ten-Gallon Allen; Hot Air Throws the Bull; Bad Medicine!; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
Published Mar 1952 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Jack Sparling, C.C. Beck and Harvey Kurtzman. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy befriends Native warrior Killer of Eagles, earning the enmity of the tribal leader whose tyranny Killer opposes. Billy encounters the Purple Back gang and their extortion racket. A classic Harvey Kurtzman Pot-Shot Pete comedy short, as Pete sets out to bring in the McYetnit Boys against all odds. Plus a Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Return of Captain Narsty," with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Killer of Eagles; The Purple Back; The Last Extra; Pot-Shot Pete vs. The McYetnit Boys. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #10
Published May 1952 by Toby Press.$9.90
Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Leon Winik, Ed Smalle, Lorence Bjorklund and Tom Gill. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy finds a body in the creek that turns out to be a dummy, accidentally getting caught up in a wanted killer's plot to fake his own death. Billy investigates when the kid he met on the stagecoach is kidnapped, even though his ranch land is supposed to be worthless. When Dan Magee is sentenced to hang, his sister comes gunning for Billy the Kid, thinking he's to blame, but the real killer is someone else entirely. Stand-In for Death; Masquerade; Tex Keeler's Cowboy Lingo; Ten-Gallon Allen; The Hanging of Dan Magee; The Crooked Deck; Clay Allison, Terror of the Washita!; Foolin' Around. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #11
Published Jul 1952 by Toby Press.$6.40
Stories and art by Art Helfant and Tom Gill. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy comes across a dying man who entrusts him with the map to a hidden treasure. Billy learns the local bartender is behind a robbery ring. Prospector Pete takes his gold with him to the laundromat. Plus the true story of Western legends Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers. The Treasure of Death; Jack Slade of the Overland; Death in Falling Rock Canyon; The Stagecoach's Last Ride; The Hidden Brand; Doc Holliday the Fast Draw Dentist; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #12
Published Sep 1952 by Toby Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Art Helfant and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy and his sidekick Tar Woods get caught up in a town's strange traditions around their annual horse race. Billy aids a woman who's been claiming Billy the Kid as her brother to scare off outlaws seeking her lost gold mine. Billy gets a job as a sharpshooter in a Wild West show, but his skills may give away his true identity. The Brazos Beauty; The Mark of Z; Sure-Shot; Pony Express Rider; Prospector Pete; Tumbleweed Tim and Chuck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #13
Published Nov 1952 by Toby Press.$11.50
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$5.60
Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman and Vic Herman. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy investigates reports of a ghostly stagecoach haunting the trail when a beautiful woman fears it will mean the end of her father's coach line. Judy, a rancher's beautiful daughter, falls for Billy, but that causes trouble with the jealous ranch foreman, whose name is "Pete Parker." Nerdy boxer Kid Science faces a dirty fighter in the ring, but he's got psychology on his side. Plus a one-page comedy short by Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman. The Phantom Stagecoach; The Taming of Shugrue; The Bow and Arrow Kid; Genius; The Case of the Bullet in the Leg; Kid Science: The Pug With the Perfect Profile. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
