Judge Colt

Mini Post

Judge Colt is one of the best Western comics I’ve ever read. If only there had been more than these four issues from Gold Key.

Colt is a Civil War veteran turned circuit Judge, wandering the West, sometimes acting as law enforcement, judge and executioner. An exceptionally thoughtful and philosophical character, his very final judgements are, he feels, necessary to tame the influence of the Badmen and generally protect the growing society of the West.

Throughout the four issues we are slowly exposed to the character’s back story and motivations and this guy really does have a compelling “origin” and one that actually makes sense of the man that he is.

This is a story filled with love, treachery, death and tears, and it’s all the more interesting that some of those tears are shed by the Judge himself.

I bought these comics cold, so to speak. Having no idea of the content, but they were cheap and looked interesting. I’m very pleased with myself (smug, really) because these are unknown gems that I can’t recommend highly enough.

Mad Thinker Reads…….

Comics Where the Badmen Aren’t the Only One’s Wearing Black Hats.