(November 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Leading Magazine Corp.
- Brand:
- MC
- 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 August 1962. 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:
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #964 (1966) [Oorspronkelijke titel: "The Giant Monster of Midnight Valley!"]
The Giant Monster of Midnight Valley!
Kid Colt Outlaw / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; "Monster of Midnight Valley"
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #964 (1966) [as "Geef Een Avonturier de Ruimte" Redrawn by a different artist; Hertekende cover]
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #180 (March 1974) [with retouches, primarily with the Kid Colt figure, and recoloring]
The Giant Monster of Midnight Valley!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Jack Keller
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel (Kid Colt's horse); "Monster of Midnight Valley!"; Stan Lee (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Kid Colt helps a stranded alien creature who's ship has crashed on Earth.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Mighty Marvel Western (Marvel, 1968 series) #3 (February 1969)
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #180 (March 1974)
Ranch Hand's Luck
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-503
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Doc Springer; Tim Meltzer; Bart Brisbane; Luke Hasso
- Synopsis:
- A doctor's philosophy of looking for the potential in everyone is born out when his inexperienced ranch hand turns out to be a gifted rider.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Ringo Kid Western (Marvel, 1954 series) #14 (October 1956) [new illustration]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Boy Who Was Afraid!
When the Kid Was a Teen-Ager! / comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Jack Keller
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-936
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Blaine Colt; Wild Joe Hogan
- Synopsis:
- Blaine doesn't want to fight a braggart, but has to in order to protect others from him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #119 (March 1974)
Indexer Notes
This story is inconsistent with Kid Colt's origin, in with his skill with a gun is a secret.
Thundering Hoofs!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-940
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Utah Smith; Skull Durstine
- Synopsis:
- Utah Smith faces wolves, Indians and robbers while delivering mail for the Pony Express.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #180 (March 1974)
Indexer Notes
Shouldn't that be "hooves"?
Doom Around the Bend!
Kid Colt Outlaw / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Inks:
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel (Kid Colt's horse)
- Synopsis:
- Kid Colt tries to warn a train about a trestle that the Apache have weakened.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #180 (March 1974)
- in Shotgun Western (Yaffa / Page, 1972 ? series) #2 ([December 1974])
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Giant Monster of Midnight Valley!
Kid Colt Outlaw -
2.
Ranch Hand's Luck
-
3.
The Boy Who Was Afraid!
When the Kid Was a Teen-Ager! -
4.
Thundering Hoofs!
-
5.
Doom Around the Bend!
Kid Colt Outlaw
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