Billy the Kid (1956 Charlton) comic books 1962-1964

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Sal Trapani, Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy seeks refuge in a hidden valley populated by giant mountain lions. Young cowhand Ed is publicly shamed when he backs down from a gunfight. A town run by a cruel preacher and his gang allows no guns, and his cronies give an unarmed Billy a savage beat-down. The Puma's Pet; Why Maverick?; The Medicine Man; The Comeback; Memories of Custer; Gunless Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. While hiding out in a Mexican village, Billy runs afoul of revolutionaries who don't like foreigners. Billy battles outlaws who use stolen dynamite to destroy train bridges, and anything else that gets in their way. Marshal Wyatt Earp takes down a drunk gunslinger without ever firing a shot. General Billy; The Dynamiters; Draw; Fremont Crosses the Sierra Nevada; Shanghaied. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. In Mexico, Billy the Kid tries to save a Spanish noblewoman from assassins, but she doesn't take kindly to being manhandled by the boyish gunslinger. Billy gets shanghaied onto a boat to San Francisco, finding the sailors are as tough as any Old West outlaw. A corrupt rancher frames Billy for a crime, then tries to get him lynched to avoid a trial. Plus a charming vintage ad for "Charlton Comics Gifts" readers can earn- including a Secret Rocket, Atomic Bubble Blower, and "Teen Dream Silk Scarf" - by clipping corners from their comic covers (!). The Duchess and the Gunslinger; The Frisco Fanner; The Princess; Lynch Mob. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. In Mexico, Billy is captured by a powerful bandit leader who plans to put him in front of a firing squad. Outlaws take over a disabled homesteader's property and turn it into their personal hideout. Billy routs an entire outlaw gang that's hiding out in a saloon. In Mexico, Billy encounters the woman who holds the key to a fortune in gold once hidden in an Aztec temple by the Emperor Maximillian. He must protect her from a French assassin. El Hombre's Army; Gimpy's Boy; That Nice Bonney Boy!; Hamilton Heads Here; Tenderfoot; Maximillian's Heirs. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy tries to put his violent past behind him and become a simple farmhand, but danger seems to follow him wherever he goes. True tales of Western life, including the challenges and dangers of cattle drives, and life in a Native American village. Billy finally meets a gunslinger who's faster on the draw than he is - and it might be the end of Billy the Kid. Rimrock Rustlers; Trails West; The Comancheros; A Visit to an Indian Tribe; The Cowboy's Horse; A Faster Gun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. The governor of New Mexico hires Billy to find out where Apache leader Vittorio is getting the guns for his war against white settlers. Billy saves a young Native boy from a cougar, an act that has profound consequences later. A story of Billy the Kid's early days, when a kindly rancher took him under his wing, and an outlaw gave him a reason to pick up a gun. Apache Guns; The Sound of Drums; Symbol of Freedom; Hunch and a Horse; Mark of the Gunman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Maurice Whitman, Bill Molno, Tony Tallarico, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. An escaped killer ambushes Billy and trades clothes with him, so the pursuing posse thinks Billy is the fugitive. Billy meets female gunslinger Mame Bolton, and to his surprise, she is his match in drawin' and shootin'. Billy helps the town of Bullwhip overthrow powerful rancher Vance and his gang, "the Big V." Deadly Masquerade; Gunfightin' Female; Home of the Buffalo; The Judas Steer; The Town Tamer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. An outlaw has no fear of Billy the Kid, because his father is Billy's friend, so he thinks Billy won't draw on him. Billy takes a job as bodyguard for a powerful bandit leader with many enemies on both sides of the law. Billy is trapped in a town full of enemies, and injured hands curtail his gunfighting prowess. Gunfighter's Boy; Guardian of Evil; The Man Who Tamed Highlode; The Strangest Drive; Bluff or Die! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy goes back to school, but when outlaws threaten the schoolmarm, he's the one who starts teaching some lessons. Billy sets out to rescue a woman from an arranged marriage in a Yucatan village - in the middle of the ceremony, yet. Billy is offered a huge sum to become a bounty hunter, but there's a double deal he doesn't know about. Next Lesson; Unwelcome Guest; The Unwilling Saviors; The Killer at Pinte Canyon; Contract to Kill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache. Stories and art by John Severin, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. In a story somewhat progressive for its era, Billy faces off against a killer who has a prejudice against Native Americans. Someone who looks just like Billy the Kid robs a town of its treasury, and the real Billy must clear his name. Billy is riding as a scout for a wagon train when anthrax strikes the party, and only he can go for help. No Notches for Injuns; The $50,000 Robbery; Billy Isn't Silly; A Killer Crows; Creeping Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy leaps into action when masked outlaws rob the train he's riding. Billy goes to Mexico to get away from gunplay, but when outlaws take over the house where he's staying, he must strap on his guns again. Billy robs a bank and no one tries to stop him, but it's all part of a scheme to topple a ruthless land baron. Ride With Violence; Baby Face; Sheriff Slidell; Hired Gun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Maurice Whitman. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy feels like his luck is all bad, until he meets a cowhand with even worse luck. Outlaw Doggo rides into a town that's even tougher than he is. Billy gets on the wrong side of a communist Mexican revolutionary who believes in the redistribution of wealth. Bad Day for the Kid; Different Breed; Sheriff Slidell: Similar With Differences; Poor Man's Amigo; Sheepherders War; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Maurice Whitman, Bill Montes, Jack Keller and Dick Giordano. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy is an outlaw, but when he faces a corrupt sheriff and his cronies in the town of Modoc, he must become the face of justice. A town's fear of outlaws leads it to hire the toughest gunslinger around, Flash Morgan, but Flash quickly becomes a dictator that only Billy can unseat. A gunslinger beaten by Billy decides to frame him for murder. And a comics biography of American frontiersman Daniel Boone. Behind the Badge; Gun Shadow; The Unknown Raiders; Vengeance Trail; The Pioneers; Strength of a Nation; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. After nearly dying in an ambush, Billy has PTSD and fears that he's lost his gunslinger's edge. A miner sets out to teach a bully a lesson. Billy tries to keep his cool and be a gentleman for the town dance, but when outlaws mess with his new boots, they've gone too far. Smash the Fighting Heart; The Bully; Pete Pollack Plays Poker; $50 Boots; I.O.U. 1 Grave in Boothill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy tries to protect a war hero who's running for office when someone wants him dead. An aging but still tough gunslinger decides to get rid of the town's tough young bully. Billy learns that migrant laborers are being enslaved at the remote 2X Ranch. Home Town Hero; The Masters Touch; The Flapjack Mare; Part Time Peace Officer; Ellwoods Eleven; Revolt of the Slaves. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. A Western adventure comic that turns the notorious real-life outlaw into a folk hero of the Old West. Billy sets out to learn who killed his old pal Sam Curran. Billy is creeped out and anxious after a fortune-teller predicts a Boot Hill grave for him. The notorious gunslinger known as the Undertaker is hired to dispatch a Texas Ranger. Uhlan Renegade; The One Who Stayed; The Finger of Fear; Three-Gun Thompson; The Undertaker; The Seed of Violence; Plow Jockey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.