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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published April 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Cover ink credit originally given to: Dick Ayers.

Cover Details - "The Origin of the Rawhide Kid!"

Genre Western
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Notes Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Cover ink credit originally given to: Dick Ayers.

17 page Rawhide Kid story "Gunman's Quest"

Characters Rawhide Kid (origin retold in detail); Mr. Clay (Rawhide Kid's father; death); Mrs. Clay (Rawhide Kid's mother; death); Frank Clay (Rawhide Kid's brother); Joe Clay (Rawhide Kid's brother); Capt. Luther Cragg (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis Rawhide Kid's origin is retold in detail; RK learns his real name.
Genre Western
Script Larry Lieber
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Larry Lieber
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted In Rawhide Kid, The #143 (January 1978)

Half page Marvel Comics promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House ad for Kid Colt, Outlaw #122 and Two-Gun Kid #75
Notes Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.

Half page Statement of Ownership credits

Letters typeset
Notes For 1 Oct 1964. Martin Goodman, publisher; Stan Lee, Editor. Average number of copies of each issue sold or distributed: 187,315.

5 page story "The Gunslinger"

Genre western
Script Larry Lieber
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Larry Lieber
Letters Ray Holloway [Sherigail]

1 page The Merry Marvel Marching Society promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.

1 page Ridin' the Trail with Rawhide letters page

Letters typeset
Notes A reader comments, "I'm a real old fan of this mag and also of your other two western books, Kid Colt and Two-Gun Kid. I even read books of the 'old' Two-Gun Kid before you remade his character and put a mask on him." Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.