Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (1950) comic books 1953-1955
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Issue #17
Published Jul 1953 by Toby Press.$5.60
View scan- 3/4" Cumulative spine split.
Stories and art by Jim McArdle and E. J. Smalle. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. While everyone believes Billy is dead, a masked highwayman claims to be Billy the Kid, setting the real Billy on his trail. While in the hoosegow, Billy meets Luke, a young rancher falsely accused of murder, and realizes he's telling the truth. Billy and his pal Saddle Sam help medicine-show doctor Doc Hoskins and his beautiful salesgirl Kathy claim a medicinal spring during a land rush. Plus a vintage Popsicle ad in comics form featuring Major Mars ("America's #1 Space Soldier") and an offer for a "Real Rocket Water Pistol." The Crying Judge; The Ghost of Billy the Kid; The Great Land Rush; Little Guy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #18
Published Sep 1953 by Toby Press.$5.70
$5.70
A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. The cover says it best: "To speak out against the Brand Brothers was to stake out a claim for yourself on Boot Hill...Vicious sidewinders who'd as soon drygulch a man as drink a second cup of coffee..." They don't write 'em like that anymore. After a young kid takes a shot at him, Billy gets involved in protecting his beautiful widowed mother from the outlaws who killed her husband for his gold mine. Mitzy Malloy, a female Marine, thinks a military training film will be her big break into showbiz, but the subject is camouflage. The Brand Brothers; Dead Mans Gold; Mitzi Malloy: The Best Film on Camouflage; There Is a Man; Gunsmoke Justice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #19
Published Nov 1953 by Toby Press.$7.60
$6.40
$6.40
A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy seeks revenge on the strange skull-masked figure who gunned down his young friend Tom, but everyone else thinks the killer is Death itself. Billy is the sole survivor of a dynamite attack on a stagecoach, but the bandits left two things behind: a horse and a telltale cigarette case. Billy stumbles on a train robbery in progress. Death Travels Northward!; Stagecoach Blow-Up!; Dry-Gulch Terror!; The Crooked Deck. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #20
Published Jan 1954 by Toby Press.$6.40
$5.70
Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy saves stagecoach passengers from a flood, but the only shelter nearby is a house that is supposed to be haunted. Billy trails ghostly train robbers into a cave, where they promptly disappear - but he suspects shenanigans. Billy tries to help Chief Ten Bears prevent Yellow Coyote from leading his people into a massacre. Plus the legend of the Lost Adams gold. The House in the Flood; The Haunted Cavern; Somebody Gets Caught; Warpath!; Lost Gold. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #23
Published Jul 1954 by Toby Press.$7.80
Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Jack O'Brien. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy sets out to avenge his prospector friend Jeb, murdered by his partner after they struck gold. Billy rescues a boy from a stampede and gets caught up in a murderous plot on a ranch. When Billy swears to give up his guns, outlaws see their chance. Hatred Made the Desert Hotter; The Maverick; The Prince Albert Kid; The Silver Tongue of Death; The Loan Arranger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #24
Published 1954 by Toby Press.$8.99
$4.40
- Cover detached. Water damage.
Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling, John Forte and Mell Lazarus. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy saves a man chained to a boulder, and gets mixed up in the strange killings involving masked men and a Baskervillian "phantom wildcat." Billy wants to help a woman save her lumber camp, but he's got a price on his head and a hunter on his trail. Billy gets involved in preventing a war between Comanches and Arapahoes. Plus an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. The Phantom Attacker; Man-Hunt; The Kidnappers!; Friendship's a Wonderful Thing; The Saga of the Sun Dance; Facts About the Wild, Wooly, Crazy, Mixed-Up West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #26
Published Dec 1954 by Toby Press.$18.00
View scans- Water damage.
Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. An aging sheriff is still a threat to an outlaw gang, so they try to arrange a fatal run-in with Billy the Kid. Billy meets a dying prospector and learns the truth about a hidden vein of gold that brings death to all who see it. Billy must talk fast when a woman wants to kill him to avenge her brother's death. The Sheriff's Pride!; Diggings of Death!; The Water Poisoner; End of the Trail!; Sunrise Orders the Blue Plate Special. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
