▁King ▁of ▁the ▁B ord erm en , ▁which ▁was ▁first ▁serial ized ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁page ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Trib une , ▁beginning ▁that ▁December ▁ 1 5 . ▁Many ▁other ▁sequ els ▁followed ▁by ▁B unt line , ▁Pr ent iss ▁In gra ham ▁and ▁others ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁through ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁C ody ▁later ▁became ▁world - f am ous ▁for ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ' s ▁Wild ▁West , ▁a ▁tour ing ▁show ▁which ▁tra ve led ▁around ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁and ▁Cont inental ▁Europe . ▁Aud ien ces ▁were ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁seeing ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁West . ▁Em ilio ▁Sal g ari , ▁a ▁noted ▁Italian ▁writer ▁of ▁advent ure ▁stories , ▁met ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ▁when ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁Italy ▁and ▁saw ▁his ▁show ; ▁Sal g ari ▁later ▁featured ▁C ody ▁as ▁a ▁hero ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁nov els . ▁ ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ' s ▁Wild ▁West ▁▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁C ody ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Chicago ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁stage ▁debut ▁with ▁his ▁friend ▁Texas ▁Jack ▁Om oh und ro ▁in ▁The ▁Sc outs ▁of ▁the ▁Pra irie , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Wild ▁West ▁shows ▁produced ▁by ▁Ned ▁B unt line . ▁The ▁effort ▁was ▁p anned ▁by ▁critics ▁- ▁one ▁critic ▁compared ▁C ody ' s ▁acting ▁to ▁a ▁" diff ident ▁school boy "