Comic Book -- Billy the Kid Western Outlaw -- May 8, 2025

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Charlton Comics published Billy the Kid Western Outlaw from 1957 to 1983. I read at least a few issues. Billy the Kid was a fictional character who shared few traits with the original Billy the Kid.

Pulp -- Wide Awake Library -- May 7, 2025

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Before the pulps, there were the dime novels, which sometimes cost a nickel. This issue of the Wide Awake Library featured the first full account of the life of bandit William Bonney, who was called Billy the Kid. The Kid died, shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett, on 14-July-1881. The True Life of Billy the Kid, written by John Woodruff Lewis, was published six weeks later.

Boston Post, 19-July-1881