(March 1961)

Charlton, 1957 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Brand
A Charlton Publication [corner triangle]
Editing
Pat Masulli (executive editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Billy the Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pete Morisi; John Severin ?
Inks
Pete Morisi; John Severin ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Billy the Kid figure taken from interior splash. Vignettes likely taken from a different comic.

Winner's Luck (Table of Contents: 1)

Billy the Kid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
6695
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Bill Bonney (BTK) wins a ranch in a Mexican drawing (game of chance), and a passel of trouble.

Indexer Notes

Trapani inks per Nick Caputo, September 2017. Previous indexer credited Vince Alascia.

The Legend Dies (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Bill Molno ?; Vince Alascia ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
7164
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Blackie Jay, ruthless gunslinger, learns there's always someone faster with a six-gun--and it happened to be a lawman.

A Dangerous Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
An old family friend stops a young boy from getting into serious trouble as he attempts to assist his framed father, who is sitting in jail.

The Stupid Dude (Table of Contents: 4)

Billy the Kid / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Vince Alascia ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
6348
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Bonney comes to the aid of a rancher friend in Buttercup Valley, who's been burned out and threatened by a dirty-dealing cattleman.

Ramon the Ranger (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Beaten by a Coward (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Bill Molno
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
6676
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
An old lawman keeps an owlhoot pinned in the desert rocks, with his trusty Sharps rifle, until the sun fries him into a surrendering frame of mind.

Uncle Pedro's Revenge (Table of Contents: 7)

Billy the Kid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Pete Morisi ?; Joe Gill ?
Pencils
Pete Morisi
Inks
Pete Morisi
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Bill Bonney, while down in Mexico, comes to the aid of old Pedro Fuentes and his wife, who own a hacienda favored as a watering hole by outlaw gangs trying to elude American lawmen.

Indexer Notes

Splash page used for cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Billy the Kid
  2. 1. Winner's Luck
    Billy the Kid
  3. 2. The Legend Dies
  4. 3. A Dangerous Man
  5. 4. The Stupid Dude
    Billy the Kid
  6. 5. Ramon the Ranger
  7. 6. Beaten by a Coward
  8. 7. Uncle Pedro's Revenge
    Billy the Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore