(May 1961)

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 February 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Trapped by King Kobra (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Dick Ayers
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; King Kobra
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Trapped by King Kobra! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Keller
Inks:
Jack Keller
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
V-135

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; King Kobra; Marshal Sam Hawk
Synopsis:
Kid Colt helps finds out that Sam Hawk plans to attack a dangerous gang, and he brings them down himself to save him.
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Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two parts: chapter one—"Into the Valley of Doom!" (7 pp), and part two—"The Hunter and the Hunted!" (6 pp). Sam Hawk last appears in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #60 (September 1960) and next appears in issue #101 (November 1961).


The Return (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Maneely
Inks:
Joe Maneely
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
F-882

Content Information

Genre:
western
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.
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Indexer Notes

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


Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Shares the first page of "The Return". Average sales per issue October 1959-September 1960 (issues #89-96): 144,746.


The Indian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Paul Reinman
Inks:
Paul Reinman
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
V-44

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Silent Wolf; Luke Link; Reb Kant
Synopsis:
An Indian who wants to be a deputy proves himself braver than the white men who scorn him.

Showdown at Dawn! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Keller
Inks:
Jack Keller
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
V-158

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Chance Crane; Clay Crane; Crag Crane
Synopsis:
Kid Colt outshoots the Crane brothers when they corner him in a hotel.
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Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Trapped by King Kobra!
    Kid Colt Outlaw
  2. 2. The Return
  3. 3. Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)
  4. 4. The Indian!
  5. 5. Showdown at Dawn!
    Kid Colt Outlaw
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