Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine (1950) comic books 1953-1955
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Issue #14
Published Jan 1953 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 Frank Frazetta and Art Helfant. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. After Billy gets involved in a range war, everyone believes he is dead...which is just the way he wants it. True facts about gunfighting and slang terms of the Old West, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Prospector Pete gives up prospecting for acting, and gets cast in a movie... as a prospector. The Cave on Suicide Mountain; Billy's Round Trip - To Death and Back; Billy the Kid Meets 'Monk'; Guns - Facts About Firearms; Somebody Gets Caught; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
Published Mar 1953 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 Vic Herman and others. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy takes on Ton O'Toole, a Kingpin-like outlaw leader who uses his massive size as a weapon. Billy realizes that a tribe's magical "river of fire" is actually an oil deposit. Teen Tookie finds a creative solution when she realizes she has two dates on the same night. Plus a vintage ad for Lionel Trains. The Ton of Evil!; The River of Fire; Border Duel; Tookie's Double Date; Billy Spoke First. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #16
Published May 1953 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.
Cover by Tom Gill. Stories and art by Tom Gill, Jack Sparling and Ed Winiarski. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy helps a beautiful doctor's daughter menaced by outlaws. Billy gets swept up in the Lincoln County Wars. Billy faces tests of strength and endurance to rescue a boy captured by Paiute warriors. The Sheriff's Young'un; The Doctor's Daughter; Draw and Die; Billy Fights the Great Spirit; Li'l Tales from the Big Top as Told by Sawdust Trails. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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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 #21
Published Mar 1954 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 Charles Kuhn. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy the Kid heads for Silver City, gunning for Simon Black, who "dry-gulched" his pal Al Morgan. Billy encounters female prospector Katie O'Donnell, who looks like Granny Goodness, and is just as tough. Prospector Pete takes his gold with him to the laundromat. The Gun-Fight!; The Murderer and the Lady; Billy Spoke First; I Am Black Bear!; Prospector Pete; The Good Old Days. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #22
Published May 1954 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 Frank Frazetta, Jack Sparling, Art Helfant and Leon Winik. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy gets mixed up with a town's annual race and finds all is not on the up-and-up. Billy stops a mob from hanging an innocent man, and sets out to find the real bank robber. True facts about gunfighting and slang terms of the Old West, featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Four O'Clock Noose; The Thousand Mile Race; Owl Hoot Trail; Sunrise Orders the Blue Plate Special; Prospector Pete; Guns Facts about Firearms; Ten-Gallon Allen. 32 pages, Full Color.n/Frazetta 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 #25
Published 1954 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, John Forte and Mell Lazarus. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Bookish Dick Hendrix attacks Billy, but instead gains an ally in his struggle against the corrupt foreman who's terrorizing his father's ranch. Stalking the killer of his sweetheart into the Everglades, Billy the Kid wrestles a copperhead and an alligator along the way. Billy gets caught up in a round of poker that turns deadly. Showdown!; Terror of the Everglades; The Trap!; The Last Deal; The Hidden Brand. 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.
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Issue #27
Published Mar 1955 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 Don Heck, Jack Sparling, Ray Forest and Art Kenik. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. Billy searches for a missing man, in a story with early art from future Marvel legend Don Heck. Billy seeks refuge in Mexico, but instead finds himself the target of revenge. Man Missing!; South of the Border; Leatherneck Laffs; To Take a Hand!; TV Time; Hot Air Throws the Bull. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #28
Published 1955 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 Don Heck and Mike Sekowsky. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. After his father the Sheriff is gunned down, a tenderfoot tries to strap on his guns and find his killers. Billy's lone stand against Mort Wallner's gang persuades the cowering townspeople to back him up. Amnesiac Billy is in danger of being turned in for the reward on his head. The No-Gun Sheriff; Braveheart; The Town That Forgot!; A Brother; Crying Is for Cowards. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #29
Published 1955 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 Nat Johnson, Marty Elkin and Mike Sekowsky. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero wandering the Old West. After Billy saves an aged rancher from a stampede, he gets a new job as the man's bodyguard. Aspiring cowhand Tom wants to ride a bucking horse to prove his worth to the other cowboys, but "the bronc's got a belly full of bed springs." Billy is a wanted man after freeing his friend Big Elk from a military escort. Plus a beautifully illustrated nature feature about the golden eagle, and a vintage ad for the "Howdy Doody Color Television Set." The Land; Western Lore: The Golden Eagle; Crossfire; The Cheat; Mighty Mabel; The Strange Story of Jesse James. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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