(June 1949)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1949-03-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics 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. 136, Copyright number: B187111.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unknown inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Shores.

The Baron's Den! (Table of Contents: 1)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Vince Alascia (sourced); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
440
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Baron (first appearance; villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alascia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

First panel is a reproduction of the cover.

The Secret of the Skull (Table of Contents: 2)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
5081
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Phantom Bluff (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
SL-5205
Reprints

A Letter To Our Readers And Their Parents (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (credited as The Editors)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Pro-comics editorial
Reprints

The Mystery of the Murderous Magician (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Pierce Rice
Inks
Pierce Rice ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
4421
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bardello; Lusto
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.
A magician named Bardello has a hulking bald henchman named Lusto.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Two-Gun Kid
  2. 1. The Baron's Den!
    Two-Gun Kid
  3. 2. The Secret of the Skull
    Two-Gun Kid
  4. 3. Phantom Bluff
  5. 4. A Letter To Our Readers And Their Parents
  6. 5. The Mystery of the Murderous Magician
    Blaze Carson
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Martin Boruta
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Rob Johnson
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore