(October 1948)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-07-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1948, 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 267.

Wanted! Dead or Alive! Two-Gun Kid, Killer! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alascia inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

Wanted! Dead or Alive! The Two Gun Kid, Killer! (Table of Contents: 1)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores; Gene Colan (see notes)
Inks
Syd Shores; Gene Colan (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
2924
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Colan may have assisted Shores in some manner on this story, per Michael J. Vassallo's blog:
http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2011/08/gene-colan-1926-2011-timel…

Terror Rides the Range! (Table of Contents: 2)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed as RH)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed as RH)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
3341
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Heath signature on branding iron on splash page. Credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores on pencils and inks.

African Incident (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
SL-2156

Aztec Gold Brings Hot-Lead Justice (Table of Contents: 4)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
3725
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Sekowsky pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Possible Alascia inks per Nick Caputo.

Death Deals the High Card (Table of Contents: 5)

Blaze Carson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Chu F. Hing
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
3331
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tod Haskel, Blaze Carson; Lydia Talbot; Mary Hawkins; Tex
Synopsis
Tod Haskel, Harvard Graduate and gambler, gets kicked out of town.

Indexer Notes

The Sheriff is not called by name in this story. Possible Hing inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.

Lead Branded Maverick (Table of Contents: 6)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
3303
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Possible Heath pencils per Nick Caputo, September 2017.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wanted! Dead or Alive! Two-Gun Kid, Killer!
    Two-Gun Kid
  2. 1. Wanted! Dead or Alive! The Two Gun Kid, Killer!
    Two-Gun Kid
  3. 2. Terror Rides the Range!
    Two-Gun Kid
  4. 3. African Incident
  5. 4. Aztec Gold Brings Hot-Lead Justice
    Two-Gun Kid
  6. 5. Death Deals the High Card
    Blaze Carson
  7. 6. Lead Branded Maverick
    Two-Gun Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Rob Johnson
  • Dan Kocher
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Tony R. Rose