(March 1957)

Marvel, 1957 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Some info for this issue from the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

His Guns Hang Low! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

The Last Hour of Hank Borden (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
L-460
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a time of reckoning...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hank Borden; Uncle Brad; Mule Hanson
Reprints

Ghost Town! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson (signed)
Inks
Ralph Mayo (signed as Al Williamson)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-459
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stick with me, boys!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Mort (crook); Oscar (crook)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mayo inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Al Williamson.

The Vanishing Herd (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan (spot illustration on first page); Joe Maneely (spot illustration on second page)
Inks
Gene Colan (spot illustration on first page); Joe Maneely (spot illustration on second page)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-734
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In front of the cattle exchange corral...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Mel Satterlee; Tate Grenner; Henderson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with two spot illustrations.

His Guns Hang Low! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)
Inks
Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
L-479
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I ain't afraid of you, Clyde!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Clyde; Burke; Sheriff Waters
Reprints

Outnumbered (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
L-472
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The battle had been raging since dawn...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

In The Heat of Battle (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ayers (signed)

Job Number
L-451
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Maclain, you've hounded me enough!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sheriff Dan Maclain; Cass Tenant; Anse Corby (crook)
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. His Guns Hang Low!
  2. 1. The Last Hour of Hank Borden
  3. 2. Ghost Town!
  4. 3. The Vanishing Herd
  5. 4. His Guns Hang Low!
  6. 5. Outnumbered
  7. 6. In The Heat of Battle
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore