Apache Kid #53 [1]
(December 1950)

Marvel, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1950-08-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Medalion Publishing Corp.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia reads "The Apache Kid" for this one issue only; others are just "Apache Kid". On-sale date from 1950 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Comanches Strike! (Table of Contents)

Apache Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (logo design, see notes)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Apache Kid
Synopsis
The Apache Kid appears to be trapped.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos A #39: THE APACHE KID, on 8 February 2021.

The Curse of Night-Wind! (Table of Contents: 1)

Apache Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely (see notes); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7670
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I can't let those rattlers get that wild stallion...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Apache Kid [Aloysius Kare] (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The inks are atypical for Maneely and may indicate that there was another inker assisting here.

Title taken from front cover.

The Rails of Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky; Joe Maneely (page 4, see notes)
Inks
Joe Maneely (page 4, see notes); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7687
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 4 appears to be drawn by Joe Maneeely. Information per Nick Caputo.

The Coward (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

The Wild Beast (Table of Contents: 4)

Red Hawkins and Tall Feather / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Ernie Hart ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7314
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

The Comanches Strike! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7623
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Comanches Strike!
    Apache Kid
  2. 1. The Curse of Night-Wind!
    Apache Kid
  3. 2. The Rails of Death!
    Apache Kid
  4. 3. The Coward
  5. 4. The Wild Beast
    Red Hawkins and Tall Feather
  6. 5. The Comanches Strike!
    Apache Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)