Steve Brand

Born in the Golden Age of comics and introduced in the very first issue of Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid in 1949 — a collector-significant debut crafted by the legendary Gardner Fox and Joe Certa — Steve Brand is a Western figure whose presence has quietly endured across a remarkable span of nearly seven decades. His adventures play out across Best of the West, Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid, and Durango Kid, all under the AC Comics banner, where he shares the range with storied Western characters like Tim Holt, Rex Fury, and The Haunted Horseman. Thirty-eight appearances over 68 years is a testament to the staying power of classic Western comics storytelling, and that key-issue debut makes him a genuine find for Golden Age enthusiasts. If you love the era when cowboys rode tall on the four-color page, Steve Brand is exactly the kind of character worth tracking down.