HEADLINE COMICS "Guns of Jesse James"

Sometimes, the most interesting Western comics tales aren't in Western comics...

...as this story from Headline Comics #27 (1947) by the legendary team of Simon & Kirby proves!

While not totally accurate in how Jesse died, the story does contain a number of true elements including his being shot from the rear by Bob Ford while hanging a picture.

(But he was shot in the head, not the heart, as shown in this tale!)

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JESSE JAMES "King of the Bandits"

From the King of Westerns to King of Bandits...

What do Jesse James and President Ronald Reagan have in common? 

Look at the end of the story for the answer!

What do Jesse James and President Ronald Reagan have in common? 

Artist Everett Raymond Kinstler illustrated both of them!

In fact, he's painted every American President from Nixon thru George W. Bush!

Presumably, when President Obama has a free afternoon (he's been rather busy with projects like disposing of Bin Laden.)...

Kinstler's Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan paintings are the official White House portraits for them!

Unlike many other "fine" artists who started out doing commercial art, Kinstler happily acknowledges his comic book work.

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