(November 1973)

Marvel, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year
On-sale Date
1973-08-07
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 The Comic Reader #99.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Two-Gun Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Carl Hubbell
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto (word balloon); Artie Simek (bottom caption)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Joe Goliath
Reprints

The River Rats (Table of Contents: 1)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Lieber (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Carl Hubbell (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Joe Goliath [Joe Morgan]; Luke; Boom-Boom Brown; Waco Smith; Bobby; Sheriff Brett Barton; Thunder
Synopsis
The Two-Gun Kid rounds up Luke's gang of river rats during a heist. When the rats are released, they convince strongman Joe Morgan to work for them as a touring boxer, Joe Goliath. Although Joe's matches bring in money Luke adds to their earnings by committing robberies while townsfolk are distracted. They finally head to Tombstone and have Joe issue a challenge against the Two-Gun Kid, hoping for revenge. The Kid spars with Joe until he realizes the gang are robbing Tombstone. Breaking away, the Kid rounds up the river rats and Joe resolves to give up boxing.
Reprints
Keywords
boxing; Goosebend; Tombstone

Marked Man (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Sol Brodsky
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
O-303
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Clay Mitchell; "Doc" Polk; Steve Mills; "Whip" Brent; Gus Yancey; Roy Jones; Sheriff Tad Shaw; Mr. Bolton; Clem Felton
Synopsis
Clay steals a gun and is quickly caught. When he's released from prison, no one will hire him. "Doc" Polk offers to let him join his gang in a robbery and Clay complies, but then turns on the gang during the escape, helping the law apprehend them. After this, Clay easily finds a real job.
Reprints
Keywords
Tomahawk

Indexer Notes

Brodsky pencils per Atlas Tales. Saltarella originally credited Dick Ayers.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Two-Gun Kid
  2. 1. The River Rats
    Two-Gun Kid
  3. 2. Marked Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore