*Western: When the Western craze hit America in the late 1940s and early 1950s, several DC series such as All-Star Comics and (briefly) All-American simply flipped over their superhero content to Westerns, but to meet the demand, DC launched another series. Western Comics, while unimaginatively titled, certainly did ‘what it says on the tin’, with Wyoming Kid, Rodeo Rick, Cowboy Marshal, Pow-Wow Smith, Matt Savage Trail Boss and other series feeding the seemingly insatiable thirst for a simpler time. The stable of DC artists – Mort Meskin, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, George Papp and more – turned out beautifully-crafted work in a largely underappreciated field. Issue #59, FN/VF £39, is pictured; other issues, from 1948’s #6 to 1960’s #79, are detailed in our online catalogue.