(October 1974)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-07-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Night Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Night Rider; Banshee
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The Origin of the Night Rider (Table of Contents: 1)

Night Rider / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich; Roy Thomas
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
John Verpoorten
Editing
Stan Lee (original Editor)
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Carter Slade [Night Rider] (Introduction); Flaming Star (Introduction) ; Banshee (Introduction) ; Jamie Jacobs (Introduction); Blackie ; Jason Bartholomew; Benjamin Brooks (Introduction); Natalie Brooks (Introduction)
Synopsis
School teacher Carter Slade is on his way to a new job in Bison Bend when he comes upon a gang dressed up as Indians killing a family. Attempting to stop them he is almost killed. Jamie Jacobs, the only surviving member of the family finds Carter and tries to help him. They are both found by Flaming Star, an Indian who believes that Carter Slade is the promised white warrior that the spirits told him about. He gives Carter some stardust that enables him to become the Night Rider. Carter takes Jamie to live with him and defeats Blackie and Jason Bartholomew's gang as the Night Rider.
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The Walking Target! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ted Galindo
Inks
Ted Galindo
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
M-27
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bud Thompson; Chris Lander, Mayor of Burrville; Deuce Marker; Jeff
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Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Night Rider
  2. 1. The Origin of the Night Rider
    Night Rider
  3. 2. The Walking Target!
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