(September 1959)
- 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 May 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:
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #130 (September 1966)
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9128 (1969) [oorspronkelijke titel: "[Trapped by El Lopo!]
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #12 (January 1971)
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #216 (March 1977)
[Trapped by El Lopo!]
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Chris Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-344
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #130 (September 1966)
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9128 (1969) [as "Vind El Lopo"]
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #12 (January 1971)
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #216 (March 1977)
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!
Black Rider / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- M-556
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Black Rider [Matthew Masters]; Satan (horse); Carver; Mr. Warren
- Synopsis:
- The Black Rider saves a prominent citizen from a blackmailer.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Western Gunfighters (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (June 1971)
Indexer Notes
This is the last original Black Rider story. The story before this one was in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #51 (March 1959).
Deep Gulch Mystery
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-151
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from Six-Gun Western (Marvel, 1957 series) #4 (July 1957) [as "Deep Gulch Mystery"]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Menace of Moose Morgan!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Chris Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-356
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #152 (February 1971)
Indexer Notes
Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Trapped by El Lopo!]
Kid Colt Outlaw -
2.
Meeting at Midnight!
Black Rider -
3.
Deep Gulch Mystery
-
4.
The Menace of Moose Morgan!
Kid Colt Outlaw
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- Thomas G. Lammers
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- Christopher Fama
- Tom Lammers and John P. Selegue
- Mike Nielsen
- Rodney Hinkle
- Thomas G. Lammers
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