(April 1949)

Marvel, 1948 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-12-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comic [round logo]
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, 1949, 3rd Series, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 4, Copyright number: B174014.

Black Rider -- Unmasked! (Table of Contents)

Black Rider / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

The Black Rider -- Unmasked (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Rider / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
4494
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

Saltarella disagrees with the Syd Shores credit. He sees maybe Don Perlin or Bill Draut on pencils and George Roussos on inks.

Reward For Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Colt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
4572
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

Wild Horses of the Western Plains (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
Keywords
horses

Indexer Notes

Pencils: Saltarella states Heath

Trail Drive (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Contains statement of ownership. Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

A Letter to our Readers and Their Parents! (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

The Kid Bluffs a Killer! (Table of Contents: 6)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
4367
Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Information supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Black Rider -- Unmasked!
    Black Rider
  2. 1. The Black Rider -- Unmasked
    Black Rider
  3. 2. Reward For Death!
    Kid Colt
  4. 3. Wild Horses of the Western Plains
  5. 4. Trail Drive
  6. 5. A Letter to our Readers and Their Parents!
  7. 6. The Kid Bluffs a Killer!
    Two-Gun Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Rob Johnson
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matt Onan
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore