(September 1958)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1958-04-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Return of Sam Hawk Manhunter! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as Maneely)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as Maneely)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Marshal Sam Hawk
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #80
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The Return of Sam Hawk, Man-hunter! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
S-11
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk; Craw Bates; Chief Thunder Cloud
Synopsis
The Kid has the opportunity to escape when Sam Hawk is captured by the Comanches but instead he rescues the marshal.
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Indexer Notes

Sam Hawk last appeared in issue #78 (May 1958) and next appears in issue #84 (May 1959). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller as Part 2 of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" titled "Showdown with Sam Hawk!" (7 pp) in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #111 (July 1963).

Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]

The Trail to Tombstone! (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Colt / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
T-3
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Hunk Yancy; Red Yancy; Smiley Yancy
Synopsis
Kid Colt is waylaid by highwaymen, but he escapes and stops them from robbing a stagecoach.
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Indexer Notes

Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]

The Badlands! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
Job Number
M-840
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sheriff Frank Carter; Brad Gower
Synopsis
An aging sheriff rides into the wilderness to capture one outlaw, and captures two dozen more.
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Indexer Notes

This story is narrated as a ballad.

The Cop Went West! (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Severin (illustration)
Inks
John Severin (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
B-665
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Scott McNeill; Mayor William Clemmer; Pete Dodds; Joe Ginty; Ed Hopper; Hannah Meekins; Alderman Jerome K. Oswald
Synopsis
A corrupt politician arranges for an honest cop to be sent to a violent western town, but he cleans it up and returns east to do the same there.
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Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Includes a note at top of page one that reads: "Kid Colt Fans: To join the Kid Colt Fan Club, contact Mike Gennette, President 324 Esat 5th Street, Concordia, Kansas"

The Fastest Gun in the West! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Christopher Rule
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
T-2
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Will Brown
Synopsis
A fast draw wants to outdraw the Kid, but though he his fast enough, he can't shoot a man just to win a reputation.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Timely/Atlas discussion group. Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information by Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of Sam Hawk Manhunter!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. The Return of Sam Hawk, Man-hunter!
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. The Trail to Tombstone!
    Kid Colt
  4. 3. The Badlands!
  5. 4. The Cop Went West!
  6. 5. The Fastest Gun in the West!
    Kid Colt
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