(July 1961)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1961-04-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Brand
MC
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Guns Roar In Gila Pass! (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
Blackie Barker; Patch Thrasher; Red Thrasher
Reprints

Guns Roar In Gila Pass! Chapter 1 How It Began... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-202
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel Blackie Barker; Patch Thrasher; Red Thrasher; Seth Barker
Synopsis
Kid Colt is called to a friend's deathbed and asked to help his nephew, but he discovers that the nephew is secretly in league with bandits and drove the old man to an early death.
Reprints

The Peaceful Man (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-774
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jed Partriss; Rud Hankel; Sheriff Dick Swidger; Joe Trumper
Synopsis
A travelling musician averts a cattle war with the power of song.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Guns Roar In Gila Pass Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

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
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-202
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Patch Thrasher; Red Thrasher
Synopsis
The Kid captures the Thrasher twins and reveals Blackie's schemeing.
Reprints

When a Man's Afraid! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-197
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Ben; Sheriff Mack North; Clem Yurdle
Synopsis
When a man loses a gunfight due to bad luck it shakes his confidence.
Reprints

Tales from Kid Colt’s Boyhood: The Making of the Man! (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
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-218
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Blaine Colt; Dan Colt
Synopsis
Kid Colt is given his first gun at the age of fifteen and discovers his gift for a fast draw and the fear it causes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is the first "Tales From Kid Colt's Boyhood" story.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Guns Roar In Gila Pass!
    Kid Colt
  2. 1. Guns Roar In Gila Pass! Chapter 1 How It Began...
    Kid Colt
  3. 2. The Peaceful Man
  4. 3. Guns Roar In Gila Pass Part 2
    Kid Colt
  5. 4. When a Man's Afraid!
  6. 5. Tales from Kid Colt’s Boyhood: The Making of the Man!
    Kid Colt
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore