*Western: During the transitional decade from its Timely heyday to the Marvel Universe, Stan Lee’s domain was known as Atlas Comics, and unobtrusively kept itself going by following whatever trend was cresting, whether it was romance, war or comedy. One big phenomenon in the 1950s was Westerns, and Stan and his crew obligingly turned out myriad titles featuring Western adventurers, some loosely based on historical figures, and some rather more fanciful. New to our lists this update are Atlas-era issues of Annie Oakley, Apache Kid, Black Rider, Frontier Western and Gunhawk. Despite the punishing deadlines, artists like Joe Maneely, John Severin, Werner Roth and Syd Shores did outstanding work on these series, and many of them are a visual delight.