Issue | #80 |
Published | September 1958 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Marshal Sam Hawk |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | Dick Ayers |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk; Craw Bates; Chief Thunder Cloud |
Synopsis | The Kid has the opportunity to escape when Sam Hawk is captured by the Comanches but instead he rescues the marshal. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Keller |
Inks | Chris Rule |
Notes | Sam Hawk last appeared in issue #78 (May 1958) and next appears in issue #84 (May 1959). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller in as Part 2 of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" titled "Showdown with Sam Hawk!" (7 pp) in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #111 (July 1963). Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007] |
Reprinted | in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970) |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Hunk Yancy; Red Yancy; Smiley Yancy |
Synopsis | Kid Colt is waylaid by highwaymen, but he escapes and stops them from robbing a stagecoach. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Keller |
Inks | Chris Rule |
Notes | Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007] |
Reprinted | in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970) |
Characters | Sheriff Frank Carter; Brad Gower |
Synopsis | An aging sheriff rides into the wilderness to capture one outlaw, and captures two dozen more. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Dick Ayers |
Notes | This story is narrated as a ballad. |
Reprinted | in Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #82 (December 1970) |
Characters | Scott McNeill; Mayor William Clemmer; Pete Dodds; Joe Ginty; Ed Hopper; Hannah Meekins; Alderman Jerome K. Oswald |
Synopsis | A corrupt politician arranges for an honest cop to be sent to a violent western town, but he cleans it up and returns east to do the same there. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #25 (March 1953) |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Will Brown |
Synopsis | A fast draw wants to outdraw the Kid, but though he his fast enough, he can't shoot a man just to win a reputation. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Keller |
Inks | Chris Rule |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information by Tom Lammers. [MN 10/2007] |
Reprinted | in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #11 (November 1970) |