Outlaws of the West (1957 Charlton) comic books 1965-1967

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Burlson and Cooley have unfinished business. Duke, son of an outlaw leader, has been groomed to take his father's place, but he's not sure he wants it. Texas Ranger Josh just arrived in town, but he finds they're already digging his grave. Plus fact-based one-pagers on The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and the Apache leader Cochise. Red Cooleys Last Stand; The Hole-in-the-Wall; The New Ruler of Outlaw Roost; Dead Men Dont Die; Ride for Justice; Cochise; A Place for a Ranger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Molno, Jon D'Agostino, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Only one man dares stand up to Grat, "The Big Boss." It's bad enough that Moose Hartley's gang robbed the town bank, but when they stole Kid Montana's horse, they really went too far. Jorge tries to keep Whitey from taking the law into his own hands and striking back at the Rizner Gang. The Big Boss; Kid Montana: The Stolen Horse; Dont Look for Trouble; Indian Junction; Amigo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Outlaws think they have nothing to fear from an aging lawman. Kid Montana is hired to dig a tunnel connecting two ranchers' properties, but Yut (who looks like actor Wallace Shawn) and his thugs want to stop the project. The story of the California Gold Rush, in a comics history piece that may have been written by future Marvel scribes Jim Salicrup or Steven Grant. Past His Prime; Kid Montana: Tompkins Tunnel; Barney Gets a Badge; Theres Always One Faster; Smittys Brown Mare; Sutter's Mill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Fraccio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Gunslinger Allen has a nice racket collecting on bets made against him in gun duels, but no one knows the real secret of his survival. Brains, Chico and Kaycee gather at Bushwhack Crossing to plan the biggest bank robbery of their crooked careers. Sheriff Jess tries to get one step ahead of a clever stagecoach robber. Plus a fact-based one-pager on the Walker Colt. Money Gun; Three Suckers; The Ruffled Rustler; Another Job; Blood Trail; The Rangers First Colt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Fraccio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A marshal dreads the day when the son of the man he killed learns the truth. Homestead wife Nora makes a desperate ride to track the outlaws that bushwhacked her, and save her husband's life. Escaped convicts Hawg and Billy can pull off one last job - if they can trust each other. Inherited Guilt; End of a Dream; Magic and the Indian; Homecoming; Bust-Out; The Bank Job. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by José Delbo. Stories and art by Tony Tallarico and José Delbo. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A sheriff realizes too late that a gunfight over crooked gambling is just a diversion for a gold robbery. An outlaw instinctively protects a family, not realizing they're the family he was stolen from as a child. Norm tracks Smokey, the gunslinger who shot his uncle, into the town of Poison Spring. Plus vintage horror-themed ads for X-Ray Glasses ("Horror Fans: See Living Skeletons!") and "Grow 2 Living Monsters." Cousin Jack; The Duel That Backfired; Two Trails to Paradise; Bushwhack Trail; Lawman's Cure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Ernie Bache. Stories and art by Jerry Grandenetti and Morris Waldinger. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. The "true" story of Jesse James, from his lawless beginnings with Quantrill's Raiders to the infamous Northfield, Minnesota robbery. Stand-up comedian Broadway Benny must keep killer Laughing Sam happy. Two men, both nicknamed "Buffalo Bill," have a contest to decide who is most worthy of the name. He Rode with Quantrills Guerillas; Every Shot Counted; The Road to Northfield, Minnesota; Last Laugh of Laughing Sam; The Great Buffalo Hunt. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Homesteader Shad vows to keep his land, but his wife Martha must show him how to stand against land baron Soames. Ugly Jawn is the toughest, meanest, ugliest roughhouser in these here parts, until he meets his match: Miss Leonard. The Moody brothers pull their last bank job. On the Prod; A Double for Hire; Ugly Jawn; Blood Trail; Last Stand of the Moody Brothers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. All the stories in this issue feature the art of Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. An issue-length, three-part story relates the story of Cole Younger's gang and their infamous robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The Younger Gang!; The First Bank Robbers!; The Last Chapter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Morris Waldinger, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Outlaw Mills seeks revenge on the jury that convicted him, one juror at a time. Framed by Bliss, Hogarth becomes a fugitive until he can stop Bliss's train robbery and clear his name. A gunslinger shoots for the legendary Killer's Crown. 12 Men Will Die; The Killer Who Didnt; Champion Horse Thief; Right of Way; Killers Crown. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Bill Fraccio, and Tony Tallarico. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Fugitive rustler Jinx hides out at his brother's farm, where he sees rustling from the other side. Store clerk Arch is appointed constable, which means he alone has to go after dangerous outlaw and bank robber King Wiggins. Lew knows you can hang for horse-thievin', but he can't stand to see the way Carl mistreats his horse. Return of the Prodigal; A Little Black Book; Killer King; Crazy Horse, the Greatest Cavalryman; The Horse Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Rudy Palais and Luis Dominguez. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. After his father disappears, a man turns outlaw, but he's in for a surprise after he joins El Lobo's gang. A small-town banker in Wyoming quietly builds a corrupt empire. A crooked sheriff lets a salesman talk him into the "portable gallows." Born Bad; Roy Ralleys Raiders; The Big Boss; Wonderful Portable Gallows; The Incident at Fire Creek. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Rudy Palais. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A homesteader targeted by a wealthy rancher's son sets out for revenge. A retired gunslinger's past catches up with him. The first appearance of Elias Dunne, the one-armed Civil War vet and heroic gunslinger known as Captain Doom. Plus a comics history of the Homestead Act and the wagon trains of the Great Plains. A Ride Down the Owlhoot Trail; The Roll; Homecoming; The Sodbusters; Captain Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Dave Kaler, Luis Dominguez, M. Salito, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Joe Gill. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. A retired marshal, now working as a farmer, must strap on his guns when an old enemy is released from prison. How the legendary Fire Pony arose to free a tribe's hunting grounds from encroaching settlers. One-armed Civil War vet Captain Doom seeks a town all his own, but the discovery of gold ruins his dream. Plus a comics history of vigilantes in the Old West. Convict; The Legend of the Fire Pony; The Vigilantes; Captain Doom and the Devil's Gold. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Skeates, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Joe Gill. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. Ambushed by outlaws, tenderfoot Ralph manages to survive, vowing to get revenge - and his stolen fortune back. Jim fears that his brother Flip has turned outlaw, and then catches him selling rustled cattle. One-armed Civil War vet Captain Doom is conflicted when he faces ex-soldiers who have turned outlaw, in an early story by legendary comics scribe Steve Skeates. Plus comics biographies of legendary Native tribal leaders Crazy Horse and Black Hawk. Rabbit and the Lobo Pack; Brother Wolf; Meet Chief Black Hawk; The Great Commander Crazy Horse; Captain Doom: Homeless Bound. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Skeates, Bill Molno, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, and Joe Gill. Western adventure from Charlton, often featuring good guys who end up on the wrong side of the law. An outlaw swears revenge on the store owner who turned him in. A sheriff suspects rancher Loomis of knowingly selling rustled stock. One-armed Civil War vet Captain Doom finds trouble while working as a ranch hand, in an early story by legendary comics scribe Steve Skeates. The Survivors; Showdown; The Gambling Ghost; From H to B; Captain Doom: The Impending. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.