The EC comic I focused on this week was Cowboy Western. These comics were very focused on masculinity and violence, the stereotypes of the Wild West. Filled with violence, we see multiple storylines in which each main character is either a criminal, or someone chasing criminals. I assume these comics would appeal primarily to pre-teen boys, as westerns were a popular TV genre at the time, and reinforced their toxic views of what it is to be "masculine". The main characters were all white men, all killed without remorse, and their only real flaws were that they were so masculine, it scared the background characters. That said, they never stayed in one place long, and rarely had a sidekick. These comics could be improved through allowing the male characters to exhibit emotions aside from anger and lust, which in turn would flesh them out more and probably would have increased sales. It is no secret that real cowboys were often black or Native American, and often times gay. While obviously EC would never release a comic with characters like this at the time, I believe if they were to come back and produce Cowboy Western comics again, they could greatly benefit from diversity.