Kid Colt Outlaw #163

In "Dakota Dixon, the Badman!", Kid Colt finds himself caught between duty and desire when he rescues a young woman from the Apaches—only to push her away, hiding both his heroism and his feelings. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with gritty detail by Jack Keller, George Klein, and Artie Simek, this 1972 Western thriller captures a man torn between his past and a fragile new connection. The cover by Dick Ayers and Henry Scarpelli perfectly frames the tension of a lone gunslinger guarding his heart as much as his town.