Lee and Kirby's RAWHIDE KID featured a lot of human interest plots. This was a trademark of TV Westerns of that era. In addition to all the shootouts and fistfights and galloping horses, much of the plotting involved the Kid getting involved with regular folks and their problems. (Of course, he usually solved their problems with more shootouts and fistfights and galloping horses but hey, this was a Silver Age comic book.) This is from RAWHIDE KID# 19, December 1960, well before those four got in the rocket ship or that student got bit by a spider.
It's important to remember that the Rawhide Kid WAS a kid. He had just turned eighteen when his foster father was killed and he set out to roam the West. Being that age, with the chip on his shoulder of being noticeably short (5'3" or so) AND redhaired, his attempts to settle down incognito never came to much. And, once in a while, being human he felt the twinges of romance, whether he wanted them or not. The fact that he was on the run, with a price on his head (I forget if he was framed or what, but the general population thought he was a murderous criminal), which meant he had to move on whenver his identity was revealed. Being a short redhead teenager made him easy to identify, eh?
Aside from the way he routinely thrashes bad guys a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier, it's nice to see the Kid taking good care of his horse. Details like that add a lot. Notice the blacksmith or livery keeper watching the young stranger.
As much as I love Jack Kirby's art as a whole, there were some things he had trouble with. Dick Ayers said he always had to rework horses and six-shooters when inking. Even so, Nightwind in the first panel doesn't look quite kosher to me. And, naturally, of all the young women in that town, the Kid HAS to tumble for the sheriff's daughter.
Stan used this type of plot quite a bit. The Rawhide Kid would meet a young boy who idolized him and wanted to be an oulaw, too. So the Kid would act vicious and low, then get cowardly as he let the boy's father beat him in a fight. This way, the boy would drop his outlaw worship and only the father would understand why the Kid had acted that way. This was quite a sacrifice, as a man's reputation counted for a lot in that era and it showed real nobility to play the loser.