Kid Colt Outlaw
#82
(January 1959)
Marvel,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-09-02
- 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.
Kid Colt Meets Jesse James
Kid Colt / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Jesse James
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pencils credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 February 2005); the original indexer credited Jack Kirby.
The Outlaw and the Lady!
Kid Colt / comic story / 7 pages
- 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-81
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Sally-Mae; Bronc Porter
- Synopsis
- Kid Colt meets a woman who seems to be falling for him, and he acts badly so that she won't love an outlaw.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]
Return of the Topeka Kid!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- O-326
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sheriff Tom Evans; Topeka Kid
- Synopsis
- A sheriff stops the son of a famous outlaw from taking revenge on the man who gunned his father down.
- Reprints
-
in Sheriff Klassiker (BSV - Williams, 1964 series) #133 -
in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #48 ([1959]) -
in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9133 (1969) [as "Terugkeer van Topeka Kid"] -
in Ranchserien (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #25 ([1969])
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Burgos art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Al Hartley on pencils and inks.
The Kid Meets Jesse James!
Kid Colt / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
- Pencils
- Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
- Inks
- Christopher Rule
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-73
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Jesse James
- Synopsis
- Jesse James helps Kid Colt escape capture, and the Kid returns the favor.
- Reprints
-
in Kid Colt Outlaw Giant (Horwitz, 1960 ? series) #19 - in Sheriff Klassiker (BSV - Williams, 1964 series) #132
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #48 ([1959])
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9132 (1969) [as "Ontmoeting met Jesse James"]
- in Ranchserien (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #24 ([1969])
-
Indexer Notes
Going by the caption at the end and the date of Jesse James death, this story took place on March 23, 1881. Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007]
Water Trail
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-356
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rod Fleeter; Brad Folsam; Joel Pearson; Sam Higgins
- Synopsis
- A school teacher saves the cattle-ranchers of his community by finding the right location to drill a well.
- Reprints
-
from Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #64 (September 1956) - in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #48 ([1959])
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Challenge on Main Street!
Outlaw Kid / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey (signed as
Doug Wildey) - Inks
- Doug Wildey (signed as Doug Wildey)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy ?
- Job Number
- M-982
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Outlaw Kid [Lance Temple]; Ferris; Duke
- Synopsis
- The Kid lets a bandit escape to track him back to his hideout and capture the whole gang.
- Reprints
- in Sheriff Klassiker (BSV - Williams, 1964 series) #128
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #48 ([1959])
- in Sheriff Classics (Classics/Williams, 1964 series) #9128 (1969) [as "Duel in de hoofdstraat"]
- in Ranchserien (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #20 ([1969])
-
Indexer Notes
Judging by job numbers this story was likely inventory left over from the cancelled Outlaw Kid series which ended during the "Atlas Implosion". Another unpublished Outlaw Kid story would later appear in Wyatt Earp (Marvel, 1955 series) #24 (August 1959).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Kid Colt Meets Jesse James
Kid Colt -
1.
The Outlaw and the Lady!
Kid Colt -
2.
Return of the Topeka Kid!
-
3.
The Kid Meets Jesse James!
Kid Colt -
4.
Water Trail
-
5.
Challenge on Main Street!
Outlaw Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Hunter Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Ramon Schenk
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