(January 1958)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-09-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1957 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Wanted! Dead or Alive! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

New Warner Success Plan (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Colt / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Job Number
O-378
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep 'em high, amigo!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Sack
Synopsis
Kid Colt helps cattle-herders ambush a gang that demands payment to pass through their canyon.
Reprints

The Westerner (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely; Don Heck (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Maneely; Don Heck (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
H-813
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sila Walters; Jim Walters; Tane Widger
Synopsis
A rancher worries about his son's lack of interest in cattle, but he discovers the boy expresses his love of the land through music.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with two illustrations.

We Need $100,000 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Kid Colt / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
O-337
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Am I dreaming, or am I the only hombre who sees the bank being robbed?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Kane
Synopsis
Kid Colt helps some townsfolk catch bandits who are buying land from the Piute Indians.
Reprints

Hobby Bargains (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Kid Colt / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
O-380
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grab the timbers and stay put!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Slim Bradshaw; Natchez Payne; Hank Bradshaw; Billy; Pete Norton; Jake Hazlitt; Shorty Grant
Synopsis
Kid Colt intervenes in a family feud which turns out to be based on a mistake.
Reprints

Reversible Auto Seat Covers (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

How Black Beauty Turns an Also-Ran into Video Vic! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

This Man Is Wanted! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Alfonso Greene (signed as Alfonso Greene)
Inks
Alfonso Greene (signed as Alfonso Greene)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
O-293
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sheriff Ed Fulton; Deputy Sheriff Johnny Black; "Fangs" Lowden; Billy; Mr. Sanders; Rufe; Fred Jones
Synopsis
When the sheriff leaves town to hunt an outlaw, his deputy proves his worth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Free! New Issues... (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Given! Premiums or Cash Given! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Wanted! Dead or Alive (Table of Contents: 14)

Kid Colt / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
O-354
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kid, I'm a U.S. marshal and my orders are to take you dead or alive!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Kip Chandler
Synopsis
Kid Colt helps a marshal trying to arrest him fend off bandits, helping to convince the marshal that his warrant was mistaken.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

title from cover.

Mathematics Made Simple (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's Easy to Have Plenty of Extra Money for Anything You Want to Buy... (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

They Mailed This Coupon... and Look What I Did for Them! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wanted! Dead or Alive!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. New Warner Success Plan
  3. 2. ["Keep 'em high, amigo!"]
    Kid Colt
  4. 3. The Westerner
  5. 4. We Need $100,000
  6. 5. ["Am I dreaming, or am I the only hombre who sees the bank being robbed?"]
    Kid Colt
  7. 6. Hobby Bargains
  8. 7. ["Grab the timbers and stay put!"]
    Kid Colt
  9. 8. Reversible Auto Seat Covers
  10. 9. How Black Beauty Turns an Also-Ran into Video Vic!
  11. 10. This Man Is Wanted!
  12. 11. Free! New Issues...
  13. 12. Given! Premiums or Cash Given!
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. Wanted! Dead or Alive
    Kid Colt
  16. 15. Mathematics Made Simple
  17. 16. It's Easy to Have Plenty of Extra Money for Anything You Want to Buy...
  18. 17. They Mailed This Coupon... and Look What I Did for Them!
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk