Wild West

A four-issue series from Bell Features, Wild West (1948–1949) was a short-lived but visually distinctive Western comic, most frequently illustrated by the crisp, dynamic pencils of Syd Shores and Russ Heath. It offered a straightforward dose of frontier action and adventure typical of the era, serving as a snapshot of the post-war Canadian comic market before the genre's boom. While brief, the series is notable for showcasing the early work of Heath, who would go on to become a legendary war and Western artist, alongside the seasoned storytelling of Shores. For collectors of Golden Age Westerns, it's a compact artifact of a specific time and place in comics history.