*Western: Among the plethora of Western series produced by Atlas in the 1950s was 1956’s Matt Slade, a young man tricked into becoming an outlaw who, after redeeming himself by public heroics, became an undercover US Marshal under the not-terribly-concealing alias of Kid Slade; he also got an inexplicable dye job, changing his hair colour from red to blond. Maybe if he was all that undercover, he should have considered changing his surname? Be that as it may; despite his convoluted backstory – and superb artwork from Maneely, Severin and Williamson, among others, Matt and his faithful steed Eagle didn’t have a lengthy career, lasting only eight issues until 1957, though Matt’s descendants have been retconned into the later Marvel Universe. We have Matt Slade #2-4, and Kid Slade #5-8 new in stock, all with unusual and distinctive vignette/border covers. Illustrated are Matt Slade #3 (VG/FN £25) and Kid Slade #5 (FN- £29). You’ll find these listed in our catalogue under M & K respectively. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD