Issue | #98 |
Published | May 1961 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; King Kobra |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; King Kobra; Marshal Sam Hawk |
Synopsis | Kid Colt helps finds out that Sam Hawk plans to attack a dangerous gang, and he brings them down himself to save him. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Keller |
Inks | Jack Keller |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | This story is divided into two parts: chapter one—"Into the Valley of Doom!" (7 pp), and part two—"The Hunter and the Hunted!" (6 pp). Sam Hawk last appears in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #60 (September 1960) and next appears in issue #101 (November 1961). |
Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #220 (October 1977) |
Characters | Deputy Sheriff Joe Hearsom; Sheriff Cam Hearsom; Ruck Staley |
Synopsis | The local sheriff worries about the return of a jailed bandit, but the man has reformed and helps do the same with his old gang. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. The first page is split with the statement of ownership. |
Reprinted | from Ringo Kid Western (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Shares the first page of "The Return". Average sales per issue October 1959-September 1960 (issues #89-96): 144,746. |
Characters | Silent Wolf; Luke Link; Reb Kant |
Synopsis | An Indian who wants to be a deputy proves himself braver than the white men who scorn him. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Chance Crane; Clay Crane; Crag Crane |
Synopsis | Kid Colt outshoots the Crane brothers when they corner him in a hotel. |
Genre | western |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Keller |
Inks | Jack Keller |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #220 (October 1977) |