WAKE UP TO WESTERNS
Before we had Clint and the spaghetti westerns, we had Joe Maneely, Dick Ayers, and Syd Shores turning out some absolutely fantastic westerns for Atlas!
Long before the Man With No Name squinted across the big screen, these artists were laying down six-shooters, dusty trails, and hard-edged frontier drama on the comic page. Atlas was pumping out gritty, action-packed western stories — and the art? Bold, dynamic, and full of raw energy.
The Wild West didn’t start in Italy — it was alive and kicking on the spinner racks.