(September 1959)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1959-05-05
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 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Trapped by El Lopo! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; El Lopo
Reprints

[Trapped by El Lopo!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kid Colt / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-344
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; Steel (horse); El Lopo (introduction)
Synopsis
Kid Colt is sent to Mexico by the governor to retrieve some papers that were stolen by El Lopo, Mexico's greatest bandit. He succeeds, and saves a Mexican village from El Lopo's bandits.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into three chapters: chapter one—"Mission: Find El Lopo!" (7 pp), chapter two—"At the Mercy of El Lopo!" (5 pp) and chapter three—"End of a Mission!" (3 pp). Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]

Meeting at Midnight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Rider / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Klein
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Job Number
M-556
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Black Rider [Matthew Masters]; Satan (horse); Carver; Mr. Warren
Synopsis
The Black Rider saves a prominent citizen from a blackmailer.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is the last original Black Rider story, likely inventory intended for the unpublished Black Rider Rides Again #2. The story before this one was in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #51 (March 1959).

Deep Gulch Mystery (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
K-151
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rufus Barton; Joe Bigart; Brad Harvey; Walt Kubik; Len Wadsworth
Synopsis
Mysterious tracks attributed to 'ghost sheep' are really causes by unusual horseshoes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Menace of Moose Morgan! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-356
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Moose Morgan
Synopsis
Moose Morgan tries to beat the Kid when he's exhausted, but he saves himself and uses Moose to distract his pursuers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trapped by El Lopo!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. [Trapped by El Lopo!]
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. Meeting at Midnight!
    Black Rider
  4. 3. Deep Gulch Mystery
  5. 4. The Menace of Moose Morgan!
    Kid Colt
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore