(May 1957)

Marvel, 1957 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Some info for this issue from the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

The Barton Gang Strikes! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

A Trap For The Sheriff! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-903
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Then we just hightail it...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Adobe Pete (crook); Sheriff Sam
Reprints

Stampede (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (spot illustration on first page); Gene Colan (spot illustration on second page)
Inks
Joe Maneely (spot illustration on first page); Gene Colan (spot illustration on second page)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-655
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cal Furness woke to the sound of a hammer blow on metal.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Ben Furness; Cal Furness; Mrs. Furness; Tate Hascomb
Synopsis
A cattle rancher's son's secret love of machines ends up saving the farm.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with two spot illustration. Maneely and Colan illos per atlastales.com.

The Barton Gang Strikes (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ayers ?

Job Number
L-849
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the grim wilderness of the frontier...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Big Bill Barton (crook); Texas Ranger Matt
Reprints

The Empty Holsters (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)
Inks
Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-908
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Clem Flanders ran wild...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Clem Flanders; Sheriff Verne
Reprints

One Of Our Deputies Is Missing (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-902
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It had been a long haul...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Pete Kinsey; Dude Harper
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mayo inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Al Williamson.

The Return Of The Nevada Kid (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
L-848
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He left Nevada a young, peace-loving boy...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Nevada Kid
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Barton Gang Strikes!
  2. 1. A Trap For The Sheriff!
  3. 2. Stampede
  4. 3. The Barton Gang Strikes
  5. 4. The Empty Holsters
  6. 5. One Of Our Deputies Is Missing
  7. 6. The Return Of The Nevada Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Jim Stangas