(September 1966)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-06-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

This isssue apparently was originally produced as a yearly special and then changed back to a bi-monthly issue, judging by the cover and the 25 cent price (Special noted in upper left hand corner, cover design exactly like the then current yearly specials, etc.) Oddly the following two issues are also in the "giant-size" 25 cent format, before they revert back to 12 cents. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Jack Keller; Dick Ayers; Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Super-special all request issue!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). previous indexer credited Dick Ayers. Scenes along right hand side and bottom are from interior stories.

How the Kid Became an Outlaw! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kid Colt / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
P-74
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt] (origin retold); Steel; Lash Larribee; Dan Colt; Gabby; Yancy
Synopsis
Blaine Colt refuses to wear a gun because he's such a good shot that he's afraid he might kill someone in a moment of rage. When his father is murdered he kills the murderer in a duel and becomes a fugitive from the law.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story was first told in issue #11 (October 1950), several details are changed. The setting is changed to Abiline, Wyoming from "Purgatory" and the name of Dan Colt's ranch is changed. Rather than being killed by two corrupt lawmen, Colt's father is killed by a local tough (though he is named "Lash Larribee" in both versions. This version of Kid Colt's origin is retold in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #72 (September 1962).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Colt's Roundup / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Jack Keller
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Uibel, Daniel Forsythe, Fred Lambert, and Robert Patla; includes a Kid Colt illo from earlier issue and an M.M.M.S. membership form.

Mission: Find El Lopo! (Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Colt / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
T-244
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; Steel; El Lopo (introduction); Governor; Pedro
Synopsis
Kid Colt is sent to Mexico by the Govenor to retrieve some papers that were stolen by El Lopo, Mexico's greatest bandit.
Reprints

On the Rampage (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Keller
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; One-Eye Borden; Drago; Scarecrow Jace
Synopsis
The Kid pretends that a head injury turned him bad in order to trick a bandit leader into revealing the hiding place for his loot before he captures the gang.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one—"The Kid Turns Bad!" (7 pp), and chapter two—"The Unholy Alliance!" (6 pp).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Beware of Montana Joe! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Job Number
T-993
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; Steel; Montana Joe; Sam; Hank
Synopsis
After Kid Colt stops a bandit from robbing a stagecoach he frames the Kid for another robbery in revenge and he must clear his name.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one—"The Revenge of Montana Joe!" (7 pp), and chapter two—"The Kid Strikes Back!" (6 pp).

The Guns of Drago Dalton (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; Steel; Drago Dalton; Bragg Harper; Larkin
Synopsis
An outlaw tricks Kid Colt into giving himself up to ransack the area while the Kid is in prison. The Kid breaks lose and brings the outlaw to justice.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one—"The Trap Is Sprung!" (7 pp), and chapter two—"The Terrible Vengeance of Kid Colt!" (6 pp).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Super-special all request issue!"]
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. How the Kid Became an Outlaw!
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kid Colt's Roundup
  4. 3. Mission: Find El Lopo!
    Kid Colt
  5. 4. On the Rampage
    Kid Colt
  6. 5. ["The greatest in westerns from the Marvel Bullpen!!"]
  7. 6. Beware of Montana Joe!
    Kid Colt
  8. 7. The Guns of Drago Dalton
    Kid Colt
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore