(October 1974)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year
On-sale Date
1974-07-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in United States of America
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Lieber
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
western-frontier

You're a Coward, Kid Colt! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt; Dirk Dorgan
Synopsis
Kid Colt agrees to avoid using his guns. Dirk Dorgan hears this and tries to pick a fight with Colt, but Colt bluffs Dirk into surrendering.
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Trouble In Tombstone (Table of Contents: 2)

Gun-Slinger / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tex Dawson; Whirlwind; Lightning; Mick Connors
Synopsis
Mick Connors hates Tex Dawson for earlier sending him to prison and recently winning a race with Whirlwind when Connors bet against him. Connors steals Whirlwind to bait Tex into a trap, but Lightning helps surprise Connors and Tex captures Connors again.
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Indexer Notes

Western Kid retitled throughout as Gun-Slinger.

The River of No Return (Table of Contents: 3)

Apache Kid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Werner Roth
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Apache Kid [Aloysius Kare]; Nightwind; Laki the Hyena; Chief Red Hawk
Synopsis
Apache Kid travels down the supposed "river of no return" and meets Laki, who was driven mad by the ordeal of traveling there. The Kid brings Laki back up the river with him, helping Laki regain his sanity.
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The Tough Ones (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
Al Kurzrok

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Patch Elder
Synopsis
Patch Elder and his fellow ranch hands head into town to pick some fights, but their foreman follows them and forces them to adjust their behavior.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. You're a Coward, Kid Colt!
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. Trouble In Tombstone
    Gun-Slinger
  4. 3. The River of No Return
    Apache Kid
  5. 4. The Tough Ones
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  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore