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