(January 1961)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-08-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Beware of Montana Joe! (Table of Contents)

Kid Colt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Montana Joe
Reprints

Beware of Montana Joe! (Table of Contents: 1)

Kid Colt / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Keller)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek; ?

Job Number
T-993
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Montana Joe
Synopsis
After Kid Colt stops a bandit from robbing a stagecoach he frames the Kid for another robbery in revenge and he must clear his name.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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).

Feud Trail (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-952
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bill Baker; Cade Baker; Dash Carr; Jim Carr; Judge Hadell; Clem Hatch
Synopsis
The sons of two feuding ranches end the feud by flooding the disputed land.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Return of the Bad Man! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-995
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Blackie Brand
Synopsis
A feared outlaw turns himself in to finally be at peace.
Reprints

Tragedy on the Trail! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-994
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; George
Synopsis
A bandit bullies his innocent sister into ambushing Kid Colt, but she takes pity on the kid and he gets the chance to face her brother again. He tries not to hurt him, but in their struggle the bandit falls from a cliff.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash page notes: "From the Legends of Kid Colt."

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beware of Montana Joe!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. Beware of Montana Joe!
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. Feud Trail
  4. 3. Return of the Bad Man!
  5. 4. Tragedy on the Trail!
    Kid Colt
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
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore