(September 1958)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Leading Magazine Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Standard Golden, Silver or Modern Age U.S; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Giant issues Squarebound
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in April 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9130 (1969) [oorspronkelijke titel: "The Return of Sam Hawk Manhunter!"]
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970)
The Return of Sam Hawk, Man-hunter!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Chris Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-11
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk; Craw Bates; Chief Thunder Cloud
- Synopsis:
- The Kid has the opportunity to escape when Sam Hawk is captured by the Comanches but instead he rescues the marshal.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9130 (1969) [as "De Terugkeer van Sam Hawk, de mensenjager"]
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970)
Indexer Notes
Sam Hawk last appeared in issue #78 (May 1958) and next appears in issue #84 (May 1959). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller in as Part 2 of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" titled "Showdown with Sam Hawk!" (7 pp) in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #111 (July 1963). Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]
The Trail to Tombstone!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Chris Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-3
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Hunk Yancy; Red Yancy; Smiley Yancy
- Synopsis:
- Kid Colt is waylaid by highwaymen, but he escapes and stops them from robbing a stagecoach.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970)
Indexer Notes
Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]
The Badlands!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number:
- M-840
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Sheriff Frank Carter; Brad Gower
- Synopsis:
- An aging sheriff rides into the wilderness to capture one outlaw, and captures two dozen more.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #82 (December 1970)
Indexer Notes
This story is narrated as a ballad.
The Cop Went West!
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- B-665
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Scott McNeill; Mayor William Clemmer; Pete Dodds; Joe Ginty; Ed Hopper; Hannah Meekins; Alderman Jerome K. Oswald
- Synopsis:
- A corrupt politician arranges for an honest cop to be sent to a violent western town, but he cleans it up and returns east to do the same there.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #25 (March 1953)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Fastest Gun in the West!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Chris Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-2
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Will Brown
- Synopsis:
- A fast draw wants to outdraw the Kid, but though he his fast enough, he can't shoot a man just to win a reputation.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970)
- in Range War Westerns (Yaffa / Page, 1974 ? series) #3 ([December 1974])
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information by Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]
Table of Contents
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1.
The Return of Sam Hawk, Man-hunter!
Kid Colt Outlaw -
2.
The Trail to Tombstone!
Kid Colt Outlaw -
3.
The Badlands!
-
4.
The Cop Went West!
-
5.
The Fastest Gun in the West!
Kid Colt Outlaw
- Ethan Hoddes
- Rik van Niedek
- Thomas G. Lammers
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Christopher Fama
- Tom Lammers and John P. Selegue
- Mike Nielsen
- Rodney Hinkle
- Thomas G. Lammers
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