(May 1959)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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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 January 1959. 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:

On the Trail of Sam Hawk, Manhunter! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt Outlaw / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
John Severin (signed)
Inks:
John Severin (signed)
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Dr. Ben Masters

The Return of Johnny Ringo! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Keller
Inks:
Chris Rule
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
T-195

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Johnny Ringo; Injun Red
Synopsis:
Johnny Ringo calls in a favor to get Kid Colt's help to escape, but the Kid finds another way to repay him and gets away without Ringo.
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Indexer Notes

Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]


Fair Exchange (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
F-46

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Frank Coswell; Fleet Arrow; Mrs. Grove; Billy Grove; Zeke Grove; Charlie Mason; Jeb Turney
Synopsis:
A bloody conflict between settlers and the local Indians is averted by the friendship of children.
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Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "The Return of Johnny Ringo!", while the second page is printed between "The Night Riders o Cimarron!" and "Trapped by the Wolf Man!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.


The Trail of Sam Hawk, Manhunter! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Keller
Inks:
Chris Rule
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-201

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk; Dr. Ben Masters; Si Nesbitt (flashback)
Synopsis:
The Kid risks his life to bring medicine to Sam Hawk.
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Indexer Notes

Sam Hawk last appeared in issue #80 (September 1958) and next appears in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series #60 (September 1960). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller in as Part 3 of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" titled "Mission Accomplished!" (5 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 Night Riders of Cimmaron! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Doug Wildey
Inks:
Doug Wildey
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
M-837

Content Information

Genre:
Western
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, As Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "Fair Exchange". Average sales not printed.


Trapped by the Wolf Man! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Keller
Inks:
Chris Rule
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
T-208

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Wolf Man [Roaring Buffalo]
Synopsis:
The Kid helps the last survivor of an Indian tribe escape to safety.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Return of Johnny Ringo!
    Kid Colt Outlaw
  2. 2. Fair Exchange
  3. 3. The Trail of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!
    Kid Colt Outlaw
  4. 4. The Night Riders of Cimmaron!
  5. 5. Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, As Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
  6. 6. Trapped by the Wolf Man!
    Kid Colt Outlaw
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Thomas G. Lammers
  • Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Tony R. Rose
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  • Tom Lammers and John P. Selegue
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Rodney Hinkle
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