When I was a wee laddie I was obsessed with hierarchies. It didn't matter what subject, I just had to know what or who came before the other. Was Allosaurus bigger than T.Rex and if so what was biting the ankles of the Tyrannosaur? Maybe you were like this too!
One of my favourite subjects were wild west gunslingers. You know, cowboys like Wild Bill Hickock, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp. I was mesmerised by their stories, and in some cases photographs, in publications like Look and Learn, Tell Me Why and the like. The art of Ron Embleton and co brought them completely to life too.
My hierarchy of gunslingers was based on notoriety, fame and above all, who was the fastest [or best] shot. Bat Masterson? Buffalo Bill? Butch Cassidy? Annie Oakley? Jesse James? If you plonked them all on an island, like the Japanese Kaiju movie Destroy All Monsters, who would come out on top? For the life of me I can't remember my list now!
There were loads of legendary slingers to choose from, baddies and goodies. Would anyone like to have a go at their own gunslinging wild west top 5?
Ron Embleton's Wyatt Earp
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ReplyDeleteThis is a bit like the television series Deadliest Warrior. The premise of which is to pit various historical leaders and soldiers against one another to determine who is deadliest. One example was Jesse James against Al Capone.
ReplyDeleteWell then you had a show about a dead rum runner
DeleteDunno about gunslingers, but iirc T Rex was half again as large as Allosaurus. Lived in different era though, so they never had to shoot it out at noon.
ReplyDeleteBest -- Paul