Charlton's Billy the Kid Volume ! Billy the Kid is a Western comic book series published by Charlton Comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical Billy the Kid. Taking over the numbering of a previous Western comic, Masked Raider, Billy the Kid was published from issues #9-153 (Nov. 1957 - March 1983). This Volume reprints Billy the Kid 32-39. Premium Color Edition, Softcover.