Billy The Kid's Old-Timey Oddities #1
an issue of Billy The Kid's Old-Timey Oddities by Dark Horse
Issue description
Billy the Kid having faked his own death is now free to roam America, and start a new
life, unhindered by his past crimes and criminal record. Free, that is, until someone
discovers his true identity. Fineas Spoule and his band of traveling sideshow performers
blackmail the Kid into joining their troupe. These performers are the rarest breed of
human oddities and deforms: an alligator man, a dog-face boy, a wild man, a miniature
boy, a psychic, a tatooed woman, and Sproule, himself, also known as “The Human
Spider.” Billy begrudgingly agrees. Spoule, on top of everything else, is something of a
treasure hunter. He and his band are set to travel to Europe to steal a priceless artifact
from a mysterious scientist, a Dr. Victor Frankensteain; with Billy as their hired gun.
Billy the Kid’s Old-Timey Oddities is written by Eric Powell (writer/artist of the International Horror Guild award-winner and 2003 Eisner Award-winner, The Goon) and illustrated by Kyle Hotz (fan favorite artist of The Agency and The Hood). This series combines Hotz's quirky macabre visuals and Powell's humorous fast-paced storytelling into an off-beat epic adventure full of interesting characters combining the unlikely genres of spaghetti western and Hammer horror.