(February 1971)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-11-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ghost Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (signed)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto; Sam Rosen (logo)

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Figures on bottom tier of cover taken from interior stories; The Outcast (Barry Smith); Western Kid (John Romita); Black Mask (Syd Shores); the Renegades (Tom Sutton). Information provided by Nick Caputo, Jan 2011

The Gunhawk...the Killer...and the Ghost Rider! (Table of Contents: 1)

Ghost Rider / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ayers

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Gunhawk; Ghost Rider [Western Hero]
Synopsis
An outlaw tries to get the jump on Gunhawk but is stopped by Ghost Rider.
Reprints

Poison Arrow! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-748
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Apache Kid; Nighwind [Apache Kid's Horse]; Poison Arrow; Wampu
Synopsis
Poison Arrow tries to turn the tribe agains Apache Kid.
Reprints

Call Them... Renegades (Table of Contents: 3)

Renegades / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Tom Sutton
Inks
Tom Sutton
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Sutton

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Deaf Smith; Sam Houston
Synopsis
The Renegades help Sam Houston destroy a bridge.
Reprints

Land of the Lawless! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (signed)
Inks
John Romita (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
G171
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Western Kid
Synopsis
Three crooks try to drive the Western Kid away.
Reprints

There He Is! Here Comes the Outcast! (Table of Contents: 5)

Outcast / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Parkhouse
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto ?

Genre
western-frontier; horror-suspense
Characters
Boone; Roland Taggart; Outcast
Synopsis
Outcast tries to track down clues about his past but Roland Taggart gets in the way.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Special note at the end states "This strip was conceived by Roy Thomas and executed by Smith and Parkhouse nearly Two Years ago!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Mask / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores (signed)
Inks
Syd Shores (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lanny Kimball didn't know the Black Mask...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Morro; Lanny
Synopsis
Black Mask helps a criminal go straight.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black Rider in original

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Hitching Post / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (illustration)
Inks
Joe Maneely (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes illo from earlier issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ghost Rider
  2. 1. The Gunhawk...the Killer...and the Ghost Rider!
    Ghost Rider
  3. 2. Poison Arrow!
    Apache Kid
  4. 3. Call Them... Renegades
    Renegades
  5. 4. Land of the Lawless!
    Western Kid
  6. 5. There He Is! Here Comes the Outcast!
    Outcast
  7. 6. ["Lanny Kimball didn't know the Black Mask..."]
    Black Mask
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Hitching Post
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin