Maverick / Four Color v2 #892 - 1st issue

Maverick v1 / Four Color v2 v2 #892 (#1), 1958 - Just as Bret Maverick rides into town, he's threatened by its wealthiest citizen and mine owner. In order to survive, the professional gambler comes up with a plan of his own. Created by ABC television just a year before, Maverick begins as a comic book series with this

. Both interior stories were written by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer and drawn by Dan Spiegle. Cover photo of actor James Garner. /// key