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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published December 1961
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Bat Strikes!"

Characters Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]; the Bat
Genre Western
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #27; in Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 2006 series) #1

7 page Rawhide Kid story "The Bat Strikes!"

Characters Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]; VILLAINS: The Bat (intro, dies); Mr. Harper
Genre Western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #27 (October 1973); in Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 2006 series) #1

2 page text story "Trail of Long Ago"

Characters James Rackham; Sheriff Joe Stebbins
Synopsis A local sheriff helps a historian uncover lost town archives.
Genre western
Pencils Joe Maneely [as M.]
Inks Joe Maneely [as M.]
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. Sequence added per Tom Lammers, February 2009.
Reprinted from Two Gun Western (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (September 1956)

6 page Rawhide Kid story "The Twister!"

Characters Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]
Genre Western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #35 (October 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 2006 series) #1

5 page story "The Man Who Robbed The Express!"

Synopsis A train robber mistakes a railroad detective for a potential accomplice.
Genre Western
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006); in Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 2006 series) #1

6 page Rawhide Kid story "Those Who Live by the Gun..."

Characters Rawhide Kid [Johnny Bart]; VILLAIN: Blackie (intro)
Synopsis The Kid defeats a group of criminals intent on capturing him and turning him in for the reward.
Genre Western
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Originally indexed as 5 pages, changed per Tom Lammers, February 2009.
Reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #33 (August 1974); in Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006); in Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 2006 series) #1