"Keno Barkerton (Earth-616)" VS "Barnabus Mullen (Earth-616)"

Keno Barkerton was the leader of the Barkerton Gang, one of the deadliest gangs of owlhoots in the Old West. Barkerton and his men stumbled upon Tombstone Valley while looking for a new hideout to use to lay low from the law. The Valley turned out to be the perfect location and, in addition, the men found a tremendous gold deposit in the area. The land had belonged to the Indians of the valley, but the Barkerton Gang were able to drive them out with their superior firepower. Barkerton soon discovered that the gold strike was too big for his own men to mine, so he began capturing anyone who ventured into the Valley and forcing them to mine the gold for him. Within just a few short months, Barkerton and his men were incredibly rich, and he created an almost impenetrable fortress for his operation. It seemed that no one would be able to stop him and he began to call himself the King of the Valley, and even fashioned a gold crown for himself. The Rawhide Kid, who had been looking for the Barkerton Gang for months after he was wounded by Barkerton in a shootout, went to Tombstone Valley to help free the husband of a woman he met in the nearby town of Tombstone Flats. The Kid allowed himself to be captured, in order to see exactly what it was he was up against, only to see the largest wall ever built west of the Rio Grande. The Kid was taken to the King, only to realize that it was Barkerton himself, the man he had spent months chasing.

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Barnabus "Barney" Mullen was the captain of his own small merchant ship and made deliveries around Europe during World War II. He was hired by the Portuguese to ship gold filigree to Rotterdam on their behalf. Such a shipment would make his ship a target to all sides of the conflict as it would be seen as bringing supplies to an enemy. After facing and surviving attacks at sea by warships and a plane, Mullen's crew attempted to mutiny due to the dangerous conditions. Mullen and few loyal seamen beat them into submission, but some required medical attention necessitating their pulling into a port in France. When the authorities learned of the gold he was shipping they attempted to detain his ship, but Mullen tossed the officials overboard and continued on his journey. His journey was almost undone by when a steam boiler of his ship blew, causing the ship to sink. Mullen and his crew traveled the rest of the way to Rotterdam in lifeboats. Mullen revealed to a representative of the shipping company that he had a forethought to hide the gold in the lifeboats. Given what he was being paid, he was more than willing to sacrifice his ship. Mullen presumably purchased a new ship and resumed his business, however, his subsequent activities remain unrevealed.

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