Dead-Eye Western Comics comic books issue 3

Cover art by Dan Zolnerowich. "The Lost Dutchman," art by Mike Suchorsky; Not one has come back searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. "America's First Bank Robbers," art by Ed Smalle; The hold-up of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota, by the Younger and James gang ends in disaster. "Bucky O'Neill the Warrior Marshal"; The exploits of Bucky O'Neill, who was Sheriff in Arizona and died in the Spanish-American war on Cuba. "Race on the Big Muddy" article; Competition between fur companies in the Rockies and upper Missouri. "The Wanderer"; Tim Hanley's search for his brother's killer. "The Man and the Mountain"; Zebulon Pike's explorations in the Rocky Mountains in 1805. "The Widow Maker," art by John Prentice; The story of Clay Allison, a Texas desperado after the Civil War. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jim McArdle, Paul Parker, and Bernie Krigstein. Western tales both true and fictional, which, like Hillman's crime comics, are often told from the outlaw's point of view. After her husband abandons her, Belle Malone becomes the town's new blacksmith, in a story with early art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. When a notorious outlaw is in town, the bank hides a half-million in cash with the town doctor, who, luckily, is also the masked hero called The Checkered Kid. A sheriff tries to control the violent war between rival stagecoach companies, in a story with possible early art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. Blacksmith Belle Malone; The Silver Canon Balls; The Checkered Kid; Billy-Goat Railroad; The Cat-Climb; Tinkle at Caspar Ridge; Flame Donovan's Hate. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.