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Rawhide Kid (Collected editions)
Rawhide Kid: The Sensational Seven
The best-dressed gunslinger the Wild West ever knew is back in the saddle again-and this time, he's riding with a posse! That's right, pardners, it's a brand new rip-roaring adventure of the Rawhide Kid! When Wyatt and Morgan Earp are taken hostage by Cristo Pike and his pack of pistoleros, Rawhide has no choice but to put together a posse of the greatest western heroes in the Marvel Universe-to rescue the Earp brothers and bring Pike to justice. Enter: Kid Colt, Doc Holliday, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, Red Wolf and the most overrated gun in the West: The Two-Gun Kid! We guarantee the Wild West can't get any wilder. COLLECTING The Rawhide Kid #1-4
104 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2010
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February 21, 2013
Just picked it up in a grab bag discount rack for three bucks. A waste of three bucks. When I remember John Ostrander's gorgeous western graphic novels I hang my head and cry over the long running gag with very little plot and/or weight. Very little action, cheap gags, and running banter. The euphemisms wore very thin. The art is okay - but there really wasn't much paintworthy in the script. Kind of felt like I was reading a Mad magazine send-up of the Rawhide Kid.
February 13, 2025
Set in 1899
A disappointment. While the writer continues the character development from Slap Leather and sets up an intriguing premise—Rawhide Kid assembling a team of legendary Old West figures to rescue the Earp brothers—the execution falls flat. The plot is overly simplistic, the dialogue is forgettable, and the Earp brothers are written as complete fools, making it impossible to care about their fate.
The supporting cast is predictable, with most characters feeling like a chore to read—except perhaps Billy the Kid. There are some nice historical nods, like the brief appearance of the Ghost Rider of the Old West, but these moments aren't enough to elevate the story beyond mediocrity.
And then there's the artwork. I’ll be blunt: I can’t stand Chaykin’s style. Every character looks the same, the exaggerated jawlines are distracting, and the overall art and coloring feel subpar—especially for a Marvel comic. If the story had been decent, I might have rated it higher, but with art this unappealing, I can't give it more than one star.
A disappointment. While the writer continues the character development from Slap Leather and sets up an intriguing premise—Rawhide Kid assembling a team of legendary Old West figures to rescue the Earp brothers—the execution falls flat. The plot is overly simplistic, the dialogue is forgettable, and the Earp brothers are written as complete fools, making it impossible to care about their fate.
The supporting cast is predictable, with most characters feeling like a chore to read—except perhaps Billy the Kid. There are some nice historical nods, like the brief appearance of the Ghost Rider of the Old West, but these moments aren't enough to elevate the story beyond mediocrity.
And then there's the artwork. I’ll be blunt: I can’t stand Chaykin’s style. Every character looks the same, the exaggerated jawlines are distracting, and the overall art and coloring feel subpar—especially for a Marvel comic. If the story had been decent, I might have rated it higher, but with art this unappealing, I can't give it more than one star.
January 26, 2011
Ron Zimmerman's Rawhide Kid stories are probably stories that I shouldn't find funny, but I do. I think what Zimmerman's intent is, and maybe I give him too much credit, is to portray a Gay Western hero and to send up all the cliches of Gay men and old-time Western films. The Kid needs to make his own version of the Magnificent Seven to save Morgan and Wyatt Earp. A couple of more historical characters are tossed in, and then it's sends up gunfights from there on out. If you're easily offended do not read this.
March 20, 2016
An interesting modern take on these historical and classic comic book western figures. Kinda an odd but interesting read. Recommended.
January 24, 2019
Sequel to Slap Leather. Not as good, but I still enjoyed it.
December 24, 2019
A really fun mashup of Marvel western characters that builds on the previous Rawhide Kid miniseries.
March 20, 2025
This was a sequel to the "Slap Leather" series. This is funny, but not as funny as Slap Leather. It was cool to see the other Marvel Western characters in this setting, however.
March 27, 2014
I'm not sure there is a plausible target audience for this. Anyone truly invested in the classic Atlas/Marvel Western comics probably wouldn't be happy with the 21st Century treatment. People who like speculative fiction in Western form likely would be dismayed by the sophomoric humor. That is the primary problem; Zimmerman's writing is...not good. His jokes are labored over entire pages at a time. More unsettling, he handles the mature subject matter (when it does occur) with all of the subtlety and understanding of a twelve year old.
The art is passable. It doesn't add anything to the action scenes (which are surprisingly few, often rendered as single panels), and hits a recurring low point whenever the Earps need to be seen.
The inclusion of a 1967 issue of Two-Gun Kid hits a different kind of sour note. It serves as a reminder of how accepted the racial slurs and stereotypes of Native Americans were. Hey, kids, remember to hate/fear/want to kill those pesky Indians! They aren't really people like the rest of us. The plot, though, does feel a little more like a classic Western. It at least has some respect for the genre.
The art is passable. It doesn't add anything to the action scenes (which are surprisingly few, often rendered as single panels), and hits a recurring low point whenever the Earps need to be seen.
The inclusion of a 1967 issue of Two-Gun Kid hits a different kind of sour note. It serves as a reminder of how accepted the racial slurs and stereotypes of Native Americans were. Hey, kids, remember to hate/fear/want to kill those pesky Indians! They aren't really people like the rest of us. The plot, though, does feel a little more like a classic Western. It at least has some respect for the genre.
December 9, 2015
Rawhide Kid, The Sensational Seven is a good book for anyone who likes surprises, and is interested in historic fiction as well as someone that is at least a teen (The words: Damn, and Hell along with innuendos run rife). The surprises were very surprising and almost none of them were expected. The history was pretty accurate with the book being about a dozen years after the civil war. As for the rating , well lets just say Rawhides dad is a Pervert. Overall the book was good with quite a few surprises and some adult jokes.
April 4, 2015
This is a pretty poor follow up to the first story. I'm actually surprised that it's the same author. Perhaps he just decided that this was the sequel so he needed to go bigger. I don't know. This was simply not as much fun as the first one.
I did enjoy Chaykin's art.
I did enjoy Chaykin's art.
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