Gunsmoke #1 - 1st appearance, 1st Masked Marvel

Gunsmoke v1 #1, 1949 - Shady operators stop at nothing to get an old man's ranch, even if he has to frame his son for murder. Upon hearing their plot, young Pedro sends a call for help to his masked gunfighter friend

. In a separate tale, mild-mannered Chet Fairchild leads a double life. When justice is needed, he dons a skull-like mask and becomes the avenging 

. Both characters appear for the first time in this issue, with both stories drawn by Graham Ingels. Other artists in this issue include Dick Briefer. Cover by Ingels. /// key 

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