(July 1960)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-02-29
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 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

The Death of Kid Colt! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]
Reprints
Keywords
gunfights

The Death of Kid Colt! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-749
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Crow Gantry
Synopsis
Kid Colt pretends to be killed to lure a gang into the open and beat them for good.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, February 2013. Original indexer credited Jack Keller.

The Return (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
F-882
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Deputy Sheriff Joe Hearsom; Sheriff Cam Hearsom; Ruck Staley
Synopsis
The local sheriff worries about the return of a jailed bandit, but the man has reformed and helps do the same with his old gang.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. The first page split with statement of ownership.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Shares the first page of "The Return". Average sales not printed.

The Outlaw and the Lady! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Dick Ayers

Job Number
T-751
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Billy Carter; Crusher Hogan; Mary
Synopsis
Kid Colt pretends to be a brute and intentionally gets beaten by a girl's fiancé to deter her from falling in love with him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ayers inks and lettering per Nick Caputo, February 2013. Previous indexer credited Keller with inks and Artie Simek with lettering.

This is a retelling of "The Outlaw and the Lady!" in issue #82 (January 1959)

The Gun! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-757
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Oregon Hull
Synopsis
An autobiography of a pistol used in a failed bank robbery.
Reprints

The Kid's Disguises (Table of Contents: 6)

Kid Colt / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
T-771
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A page with disguise cut-outs to arrange on Kid Colt's face, between pages 2 and 3 of previous story sequence.

Gunduel in the Desert! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-752
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Yancy Hawks
Synopsis
A gunslinger tries to ambush the Kid in the desert but is killed by a rattlesnake.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, February 2013. Previous indexer credited Jack Keller.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Death of Kid Colt!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. The Death of Kid Colt!
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. The Return
  4. 3. Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
  5. 4. The Outlaw and the Lady!
    Kid Colt
  6. 5. The Gun!
  7. 6. The Kid's Disguises
    Kid Colt
  8. 7. Gunduel in the Desert!
    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
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Rik van Niedek