{"product_id":"billy-the-kid-volume-1","title":"BILLY THE KID Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollects Masked Raider #6-9 and Billy the Kid #9-10, 1957.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Charlton's very best titles from their stable of westerns. For comics he became a hero.He made his first appearance in \u003ci\u003eMasked Raider\u003c\/i\u003e #6 (February 1957). He took over the title with #9 (November 1957) and ran for \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eanother 147 issues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, competing with Marvel's western titles and surviving nearly all of them! Regular contributors included writer \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Gill\u003c\/strong\u003e and artists \u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Whitman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDick Giordano, Rocke Mastroserio, Bill Molno,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Nicholas. \u003c\/strong\u003eCollected here: his first five complete issues.Billy's run reached all the way to 1983! And in later volumes hopefully we'll see surprise work by EC veterans \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Severin \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eAl Williamson, \u003c\/strong\u003eas well as \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Morisi. \u003c\/strong\u003eHowever, these three are NOT in this first collection.Although many of these artists don't come along until later issues, Al Williamson will show up in #15, which should be in Volume 2. However, if you look at the contributors in  this volume, it's an impressive lineup, from Giordano to Maurice Whitman.","brand":"PS Artbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44660400128103,"sku":"mde1789803836355","price":21.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9109\/5911\/files\/billy-the-kid-volume-1_1.jpg?v=1789803840","url":"https:\/\/yearroundseamwear.shop\/products\/billy-the-kid-volume-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}