Kid Colt Outlaw #79

(July 1958)

How the Kid Became An Outlaw! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Keller

Inks:

Jack Keller

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

P-74

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Kid Colt (origin retold); Steel; Lash Larribee; Dan Colt; Gabby

Synopsis:

Blaine Colt refuses to wear a gun because he's such a good shot that he's afraid he might kill someone in a moment of rage. When his father is murdered he kills the murderer in a duel and becomes a fugitive from the law.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #130 (September 1966)
• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973)

Indexer Notes

This story was first told in issue #11 (October 1950), several details are changed. The setting is changed to Abiline, Wyoming from "Purgatory" and the name of Dan Colt's ranch is changed. Rather than being killed by two corrupt lawmen, Colt's father is killed by a local tough (though he is named "Lash Larribee" in both versions. This version of Kid Colt's origin is retold in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #72 (September 1962).

The Threat! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Keller

Inks:

Jack Keller

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

P-81

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Black Silas

Synopsis:

A scoundrel tries to blackmail Kid Colt into helping him rob a stagecoach.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973)

The Last Roundup! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gene Colan

Inks:

Gene Colan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

O-2

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Samuel Cooper; Ernie "Colt" Manta

Synopsis:

A sick artist moves to Arizona to recuperate, where he paints the best work of his career and helps catch a cattle rustler.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973)

Across the Street (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

9595

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Jim Cane; Marshal Bart Green; Chuck Hamen [Tug Prague]; Joe

Synopsis:

A rancher and his friend, a US marshal, bring in the gang that shot the rancher's father.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Two Gun Western (Marvel, 1950 series) #13 (April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Man Who Was Faster Than the Kid! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Keller

Inks:

Jack Keller

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Blackjack Craven

Synopsis:

A gunslinger challenges Kid Colt, but though his draw is faster, his aim is poor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973)