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Title: "Uprising!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Cayugas, Flying Cloud [leader of Cayugas, believed dead, dies]
Others: Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis:The Apache Kid learns the Cayugas are planning an uprising against both Apaches and white men, and tries to warn others as Kare, but no one will listen, because Flying Cloud is believed dead; he finally battles the Cayugas himself, and slays Flying Cloud in combat.
"The Trail of the Arrow"
"The Defeat of Ace Waco"
"Running Moose Strikes"

Title: "Spurs West!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Caguyas [Broken Spear named], Collins [deserter, disguised as "white chief"]
Others: Nightwind, Captain Bill Gregory
Genre: Western
Setting: Timber Valley; Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#9; Western Gunfighters#31
Synopsis: Apache Kid drives off Caguyas, led by a white man.

Title: "Pony Express"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Jim Clay [Pony Express rider]
Villains: indians, Yates Brothers [robbers]
Others: sheriff
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: Clay fights off indians and robbers while delivering the mail.
"The Wild Beast!"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#98
"The Human Sacrifice"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#10
"The Rails of Death!"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#8

Title: "The Fury of Red Stallion!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Mike, Jud and Pete [rustlers, Mike dies]
Others: Nightwind, Red Stallion [horse being broken by Apache Kid], Apaches
Genre: Western
Setting: area of Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: Rustlers try to steal the horses Apache Kid has broken for the Apaches, but Apache Kid stops them, and one is killed by the Red Stallion. For fighting for its freedom, Apache Kid lets the Red Stallion run free.
"Poison Arrow"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#4
"Pony Express"
"Uprising"

Title: "Guns at Outlaw Canyon!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Hank Bower [outlaw] and his gang
Others: Nightwind, Sheriff [uncle of Bower]
Genre: Western
Setting: Outlaw Canyon
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#15
Synopsis: The Apache Kid accepts the challenge of a bank robber, and defeats him in Outlaw Canyon.
"Law of the Totem"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#14
"The Mystery of Ghost Town"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#11
"Covered Wagon"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#11

Title: "The Painted Peril"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Swift Buffalo [Sioux chieftan]
Others: Captain Bill Gregory, Nightwind, Apaches, Red Hawk
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: When the Sioux ride upon Fort Madison, the Apache Kid mobilizes the Apaches against them, but soon the Apaches turn on the Apache Kid and Red Hawk to follow Swift Buffalo; the Apache Kid ultimately defeats Swift Buffalo in personal combat, and by sparing his life, convinces him to become peaceful.
"Heritage"
"Cry of the Coyote"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#21
"The Swindler"

Title: "The Flaming Totem!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Flying Eagle [rogue Apache], Bruce Jennings [conspirator]
Others: Red Hawk, Captain Bill Gregory, Nightwind, Apaches
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#13; Western Gunfighters#16
Synopsis: The Apaches are driven to war by Flying Eagle, but the Apache Kid routs him and the conspirator Jennings out, ending the conflict.

Title: "The Man Who Came Back!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains: Ben Hobson and Blayne [rustlers]
Others: Nightwind, Sheriff Kim, Pat Kim [sheriff's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: area of Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#18; Western Gunfighters#12
Synopsis: As Kare, the Apache Kid is framed for rustling; when the true rustlers come after the local sheriff's ranch, the Apache Kid defends it, and reveals the true rustlers' identities.

Title: "The Call of the Wilderness!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Apache Kid
Villains:
Others: Nightwind, Apaches
Genre: Western
Setting: area of Fort Madison
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#19; Western Gunfighters#12
Synopsis: When Nightwind helps other horses escape an avalanche, he does not return to the Apache Kid; the Apache Kid must break his spirit once more to reclaim him as his mount.
"The Gunman"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#166
"Bayonets and Spears"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#33; Western Gunfighters#17

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Title: "Warpath"
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Apache Kid [Aloysius Kare, dies in flashback], Apache Kid [Rosa, Kare's lover]
Villains: Cole Williams, McGee [two of Apache Kid's killers, die], William Tyler [Santa Fe railroad president], Richard Trask [ex-soldier], Billy Tyler [son of William Tyler, dies], Sheriff Wilson
Others: Eustace Grimes [porter]
Genre: Western
Setting: November, 1886; Sagoro, New Mexico-Arizona territory
Synopsis: The Rawhide Kid and the new Apache Kid both track the first Apache Kid's killers, while William Tyler hires Richard Trask to find and stop them.

Title: "Hard Ride"
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Apache Kid
Villains: Sheriff Wilson [dies], Richard Trask
Others: first Apache Kid [flashback only], Geronimo [flashback only]
Genre: Western
Setting: November, 1886; Sagoro, New Mexico-Arizona territory
Synopsis: Rawhide Kid and Apache Kid escape from Sagoro, and she relates to him how she met and wed the first Apache Kid; Trask arrives in Sagoro, and burns the town to the ground.

Title: "Trust"
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Apache Kid
Villains: Richard Trask, William Tyler, Mulchahy [one of Trask's men]
Others: Eustace Grimes, Lozen [follower of Geronimo], Reverend Phillips, Migdalia [Apache youth]
Genre: Western
Setting: November, 1886; Sagoro, New Mexico-Arizona territory; the Alamo, Texas; San Antonio, Texas
Synopsis: Rawhide Kid and Apache Kid takeover the train transporting Apache youths to be schooled by white men, with Trask close behind them.

Title: "Straight to Hell"
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Apache Kid
Villains: Richard Trask [dies], William Tyler [dies]
Others: Billy Tyler [as a corpse], Eustace Grimes, Reverend Phillips [dies], Migdalia
Genre: Western
Setting: November, 1886; Sagoro, New Mexico-Arizona territory
Synopsis: Rawhide Kid destroys Tyler's train, killing him and Trask, and leaves the Apache Kid and Grimes to bring the young Apaches to safety.

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Title: untitled
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Black Rider
Villains: Hatchet Hainesn [dies] and his gang
Others: Chuck Norman [tailor, makes Black Rider costume, dies], Molly Norman [his wife], Satan/Ichabod, Marie Lathrop, Mr. Lathrop, Bobby Lathrop
Genre: Western
Setting: Leadville
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#9
Synopsis: Haines impersonates the Black Rider, killing the man who makes the costume for him; when he kidnaps Marie Lathrop, the real Black Rider takes after him, and throws him from a cliff.

Title: "The Fangs of the Mad Wolf"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Black Rider
Villains: a rabid wolf [dies]
Others: unnamed Comanche, Little Fox [his son], Satan/Ichabod
Genre: Western
Setting: Leadville
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#9
Synopsis: As Dr. Masters, the Black Rider treats a young Comanche with rabies; when his vaccine is destroyed, he takes after the rabid wolf as the Black Rider and kills it, to make a vaccine from its brains. The boy is saved.
untitled
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#8
"Thunder Valley"

Title: "The Crisis"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Black Rider
Villains: Cameron [water poisoner]
Others: Satan/Ichabod, Burt Wyatt [drinks poisoned water, dies], Sheriff Ben Yarby, Mr. Lathrop, Marie Lathrop, Bobby Lathrop
Genre: Western
Setting: Leadville
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#15
Synopsis: As Dr. Masters, one of the Black Rider's patients die, and he must take the blame, losing his license; to prove his innocence, he tracks down the man who poisoned the water, and receives a confession.
"Unmask the Black Rider"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#16
"Fastest Draw"
"The Silver Bullet"

Title: "Treachery At Hangman's Bridge!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Black Rider
Villains: Parrish and his gang
Others: Satan/Ichabod, sheriff
Genre: Western
Setting: Leadville
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#12
Synopsis: The Black Rider sees a stage blown up, and the gold aboard is missing; he suspects some riders found nearby, but cannot prove it; he follows them around for awhile, finally learning they threw the gold into a lake; he brings them to justice.

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Title: untitled
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Reno Jones [Gunhawks], Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt
Villains: Kid Cassidy [Gunhawks, leader of Nightriders], Nightriders [mercenaries], Marcel Fournier [Sunset Riders], Gunhawk
Others: Cass Jones [Reno's son], Mary Jones [Reno's wife], Flaming Star [Ghost Rider's outfiter], Buffalo Bill Cody
Genre: Western
Setting: 1885; Wonderment, Montana [town founded by Exodusters]
Reprinted In: Blaze of Glory [TPB]
Synopsis: When Nightriders descend upon Wonderment, Reno sets off to enlist the Rawhide Kid and Kid Colt to save the town-- but the Gunhawk is on Colt's trail.

Title: untitled
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk, using "Clay Harder" alias], Red Wolf [Johnny Wakely], Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt, Outlaw Kid, Caleb Hammer [from Marvel Premiere#54], Reno Jones
Villains: Marcel Fournier [Sunset Riders], Clay Riley [formerly Tarantula, backer of the Nightriders], Nightriders
Others: Ghost Wind Rider [Flaming Star's aide], Flaming Star
Genre: Western
Setting: 1885; Anaconda, Montana
Reprinted In: Blaze of Glory [TPB]
Synopsis: With the Two-Gun Kid and Outlaw Kid-- now schitzophrenic since his father's death-- at their side, the heroes return to Wonderment, but are traced by Caleb Hammer-- and ambushed by the Nightriders.

Title: untitled
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Kid Colt, Rawhide Kid, Two-Gun Kid, Red Wolf, Outlaw Kid, Caleb Hammer, Reno Jones [as Ghost Rider]
Villains: Nightriders, Marcel Fournier, Kid Cassidy, Gunhawk
Others: Mary Jones, Cass Jones
Genre: Western
Setting: 1885; Wonderment, Montana
Reprinted In: Blaze of Glory [TPB]
Synopsis: The heroes arrive in Wonderment and drive out the Nightriders, but they prepare to regroup for another assault.

Title: untitled
Story: John Ostrander
Art: Leonard Manco
Heroes: Caleb Hammer, Two-Gun Kid [dies], Kid Colt [dies], Rawhide Kid, Outlaw Kid [dies], Red Wolf, Reno Jones [as Ghost Rider]
Villains: Gunhawk [dies], Clay Riley [dies], Marcel Fournier [dies], Kid Cassidy [dies], Nightriders
Others: Cass Jones, Flaming Star, Ghost Wind Rider, Mary Jones
Genre: Western
Setting: 1885; Wonderment, Montana
Reprinted In: Blaze of Glory [TPB]
Synopsis: As they prepare for a final confrontation, joined by Gunhawk and Hammer, Marcel Fournier is unmasked as a traitor, and killed by Two-Gun Kid; in the final battle, Two-Gun Kid, Outlaw Kid, Kid Cassidy, and Mr. Riley die; Gunhawk then kills Kid Colt to collect the bounty, but is shot by Hammer. Hammer and the Rawhide Kid ride off together.

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Title: "War in Chicamaw Territory"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Bob Forgione, Jack Abel
Heroes: Don Grannock (son of Wayne)
Villains: Wayne Grannock (rancher)
Others: Warren Wilcox (rival rancher), Nancy Wilcox (his daughter)
Genre: Western
Setting: Chicamaw Territory
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#104
Synopsis: Grannock greedily launches a range war to take Wilcox's ranch, but his son Don runs away with Wilcox's daughter and marries her, neither wanting any more to do with the range war. Injured fighting Wilcox and having lost his ranch, Grannock becomes Wilcox's bookkeeper, and regrets all he had done.
"The Badge of the Deputy"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#3
"The Pecos Kid"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#91
"The Gunfighter"
"When the Wagons Roll"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#15

Title: "Dangerous Game"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sam Kane
Villains: Ferris
Others: Joey Kane [Sam's son], Mrs. Kane [Sam's wife]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Gunhawks#7
Synopsis: Kane is stalked by Ferris, whom he helped put in jail with his testimony years earlier; in the course of their fight, an avalanche buries Ferris. Kane nearly leaves him, but turns back, and pulls him free. Afterwards, they make up and become friends.
"The Life and Death of the Phoenix Kid"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#115
"The Cooley Gang Strikes"
"Medicine Man"
"Empty Holsters"

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Title: "The Tarantula Strikes Back!"
Story: Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Ghost Rider
Villains: Tarantula
Others: Marshal Lance Sterling, Ben Brooks, Natalie Brooks, Banshee
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend
Reprinted In: Night Rider#5
Synopsis: The Tarantula returns, and in the course of his battle with Ghost Rider, Brooks accidentally shoots his own sister, Natalie, paralyzing her.

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Title: "Gun-Fight in Grey Gulch!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Peter Morisi
Heroes: Wild Bill Hickok
Villains: two gunfighters
Genre: Western
Setting: Grey Gulch
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#111
Synopsis: Two men are about to hold a gunfight when a third man tries to talk them out of it; they refuse and try to draw on him, but he beats them both-- he's Wild Bill Hickok.
"The Useless Guns"
"The Vengeance of Howling Wolf"
"The Lawman Who Wore no Guns"
"The Man Who Murdered Gunhawk"

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Title: "Rodeo Doom-Day!"
Story: Gardner F. Fox
Art: Dick Ayers, Frank Giacoia
Heroes: Reno Jones
Villains: indians, San Francisco Slade [rodeo man], Durango [gunman, dies]
Others: Rachel Brown
Genre: Western
Setting: Cayuse, New Mexico
Synopsis: Jones journeys to Cayuse to earn some money in a rodeo, but Slade sends men to beat him for doing well; when Reno shoots the hired gun Durango dead, he winds up in the local prison where Slade gloats over him. At the same time, Rachel journeys on with the prostitutes, with Reno unable to follow her trail.
Notes: A letterbox at the end claimed Reno would return in Western Team-Up, where he would meet the Rawhide Kid. This story never materialized. Reno appears next in Blaze of Glory#1.

"Dangerous Game" from Frontier Western#10

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Title: "The Day The Kid Was Captured!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Sandy "Baby-Face" Smith [outlaw from Montana]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene, Wyoming
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#197
Synopsis: Colt throws away his vest and hat which are taken up by Smith, who is arrested on the belief that he is Kid Colt. Colt appears to clear him, only to learn that Smith is a wanted man himself, so Colt turns him back to the authorities.

Title: "He Wore a Tin Star!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Joe Blake [deputy], Wyatt Earp
Villains: Luke [robber]
Genre: Western
Setting: Trail's End
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#197
Synopsis: Joe and Luke plot to rob the bank at Trail's End by having Joe become the town deputy, but after Wyatt Earp saves Joe from former enemies, he ultimately turns against Luke. "Man on the Run"

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Title: "Just Deserts"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Gil Kane
Heroes: Two-Gun Kid
Villains: John Baker, the Unlucky Thirteen Gang [Krebbs, all die]
Others: Thunder
Genre: Western
Setting: Devil's Cauldron; Tombstone, Texas
Synopsis: The Two-Gun Kid chases down the Unlucky Thirteen Gang in Devil's Cauldron, and kills all of them except John Baker; he marches Baker back to Tombstone, and only reveals then that he had only 12 bullets-- his guns were empty the entire trip back.

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Title: "The Devil's Starry Anvil"
Story: Peter B. Gillis
Art: Gene Day, Tony DeZuniga
Heroes: Caleb Hammer [Pinkerton, former priest]
Villains: Crawford McKie, Jake Lovelace [robbers, two of the men who helped capture Geronimo]
Others: The Hammer [Caleb's wife, dies in 1885 flashback], Issak Hammer [Caleb's brother, dies in 1886 flashback]
Genre: Western
Setting: 1890; Manacle, Wyoming
Reprinted In: Gunslingers
Synopsis: Hammer pursues McKie and Lovelace, but cannot prevent the death of a young boy with epilepsy, shot by the duo.

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"Black Homecoming"
"The Midnight Gun"
"The Bat Strikes!" from Rawhide Kid#25
"The Bullet-Proof Man!" from Rawhide Kid#26

"The Man Called Hurricane"
"The Man From Fort Rango!"
"The Legend of Red Wolf"
"The Origin of the Rawhide Kid!" from Rawhide Kid#23
"The Gunslinger!" from Rawhide Kid#21
"They Called Him Outlaw!" from Rawhide Kid#23

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Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Matt Slade
Villains: Po Jelks [bank robber], Hole-In-The-Wall Gang [Po's new gang]
Others: Eagle, Judy Clinton [daughter of Anson], Anson Clinton [Governor], Mr. Slade [Matt's father, dies in flashback]
Genre: Western
Setting: Cottonwood Gulch [flashback]; Carson City
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#12
Synopsis: As a boy, Matt and his father were tricked into aiding Jelks in a bank robbery, during which Matt's father died; Matt gained a reputation as a gunslinger, although he had never committed any crimes; after saving Judy Clinton from a fire, her father enlists Matt as a secret US Marshal, and for his first mission, sends him to break up the Hole-In-The-Wall gang-- which turns out to be run by Jelks. Matt brings Jelks back to the law.
"Outlaw Town"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#10
"When Kelly Came to Town"
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#110
untitled
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#10
untitled
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#11

Title: "Mark of the Gunman!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Matt Slade
Villains: Flash Kellog [dies], Macklin [Kellog's foreman], Bard Forst [Macklin's boss]
Others: Eagle, Helen Kellog [Flash's sister], Mr. Kellog [ranch owner, dies]
Genre: Western
Setting: Mongollon Mountains; Mineral Wells
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#13
Synopsis: Slade is mistaken for Flash Kellog, an outlaw who had died while being pursued by him; he learns that Forst had forged a deed to the Kellog ranch, and brings him to justice. Mr. Kellog dies happy, believing his son had come home, while Helen knew the truth all along. Slade is just happy to have had a family for the first time in his life, if briefly.
untitled
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#28
untitled
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#29
"Gunsmoke Trail"

Title: untitled
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Matt Slade
Villains: Mort [stage-robber]
Others: Eagle, Sheriff Alec Dobbs [old man]
Genre: Western
Setting: Dobbs Wells
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#15
Synopsis: Sheriff Dobbs is losing the confidence of his town by not catching a stage-robber, so when he brings in Matt Slade, everyone assumes Slade is the robber in question; Slade clears himself by catching the true robber, who had hoped to become the new sheriff.
"Outlaw in Hiding"
"Gunsmoke Showdown"

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Title: "End of the Line"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Villains: Angus O'Donnell and hig gang [Red, Floyd, outlaws]
Others: Banshee, William [member of Angus' gang]
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: O'Donnell is robbing a train when the Phantom Rider steals aboard; in desperation, Angus takes William hostage.

Title: "End of the Line"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Villains: Angus O'Donnell and his gang [Red, Floyd]
Others: Sheriff Ben Brooks, Hollis [deputy], William
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: The Phantom Rider saves William from Angus, and causes Angus to hallucinate, thinking that a man he shot was still alive.

Title: "The Hangin' of Angus O'Donnel!"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Villains: Angus O'Donnell and his gang [Red, Floyd]
Others: Jamie Jacobs, Sheriff Ben Brooks, William, Hollis [Sheriff's aide]
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: Angus is sentenced to be hung, but Red and Floyd break him free at the hanging.

Title: "The Hangin' of Angus O'Donnel!" Chapter Two
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Villains: Angus O'Donnell [dies], and his gang [Red, Floyd]
Others: Sheriff Ben Brooks, Hollis, Jamie Jacobs, William
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: Angus escapes, but the Phantom Rider catches up to him and hangs him from a telephone pole, completing the death sentence.

Title: "Who is the...Phantom Rider?"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Others: Banshee, Sheriff Ben Brooks, Hollis, Jamie Jacobs, William, Father Fulton
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: The Phantom Rider feels remorse for his actions, and goes to speak with Father Fulton, while the Sheriff begins to suspect that the Phantom Rider's seeming powers are all an illusion.

Title: "Who is the Phantom Rider?" Part 2
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Villains:
Others: Banshee, Father Fulton, Sheriff Ben Brooks, Jamie Jacobs, William, Dr. Peters
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: Carter Slade abandons the Phantom Rider costume. Jamie takes William to the Phantom Rider's cave to reveal his secrets, but then Banshee returns to the cave, sans Phantom Rider.

Title: "Ghost Story"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Genre: western, Super-Hero
Setting: Native village
Synopsis: Carter recounts his origins as the Phantom Rider.

Title: "Ghost Story" Part II
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Native village
Synopsis: Carter completes his recount of his origins as the Phantom Rider.

Title: "Chasing Phantoms"
Story: Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider [Jamie Jacobs]
Villains: Red, Floyd [both die]
Others: William, Sheriff Ben Brooks, Hollis
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: With William's help, Jamie masquerades as the Phantom Rider, and hunts down Red and Floyd, tricking them into killing each other.

Title: "Ghost of a Chance"
Story: Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich, Dan Slott
Art: Dick Ayers, Rich Ayers
Heroes: Phantom Rider, El Aguila
Villains: El Ojo [Mexican outlaw]
Others: Enrique
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: La Boca Del Dios
Synopsis: Paco becomes El Aguila to aid Phantom Rider against El Ojo, who barely escapes from a firing squad.

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Title: "The Fence!"
Story:
Art: Mac L. Pakula
Heroes: Sheriff Sims
Villains: Wade Colin [ruthless land baron, dies]
Others: Colin's black horse, "Sonny" [child]
Genre: Western
Setting: Jimson County
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#6; Outlaw Kid#22
Synopsis: Colin is an evil land baron, driving people away from their homes so he can take their land; not even the law can scare him off; finally, a boy whose dog he had killed shoots him with his slingshot, and Colin falls into barbed wire; his fierce horse takes the opportunity to kill him.

Title: "Two of a Kind!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: robber disguised as Outlaw Kid
Others: Mr. "Hoot" Temple, Thunder
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#2; Outlaw Kid#18
Synopsis: A thief disguises himself as the Outlaw Kid to commit crimes, but the real Outlaw Kid catches him.

Title: "The Newcomers!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Fargo [dies] and his gang
Others: Thunder, Pedro and Manuel [Mexican father and son], Belle Taylor
Genre: Western
Setting: the Temple Ranch, Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#2; Outlaw Kid#18
Synopsis: Fargo tries to run Pedro and his son Manuel out of town for being foreigners, but the Outlaw Kid defends them and kills Fargo.

Title: "Flames of Violence"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Mason [robber, dies]
Others: sheriff, Larkin [prisoner], Mr. "Hoot" Temple, Thunder, Joe Kramer [rabble-rouser]
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#2; Outlaw Kid#18
Synopsis: Mobs gather in Caliber City as Larkin is held there, so the sheriff plans to move him to Flood City, but is ambushed by Mason; the Outlaw Kid proves Larkin is innocent of the theft he had been arrested for, reveals Mason to be the true thief, and kills him in a gunfight.
"The Man Who Wouldn’t Fight"
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#98

Title: "Gun Law"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Jed Stark [henshaw's foreman, dies], Henshaw [wealthy landowner]
Others: Thunder, Tom Allison [teenage rancher], his three younger brothers
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#9; Outlaw Kid#25
Synopsis: Henshaw tries to drive Tom off his land because he knows the railroad will need it, but the Outlaw Kid helps Tom keep the land and drive Henshaw away.

Title: "The Outsider"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Walt Masden [stock owner]
Others: Mr. "Hoot" Temple, Belle, Thunder
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#9; Outlaw Kid#25
Synopsis: Masden tries to cheat Caliber City's people out of their money by offering them worthless stock, but the Outlaw Kid exposes him and brings him to justice. "Helping Hand"

Title: "Stand Up And Fight!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Others: Gus Barrow, Thunder
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#3; Outlaw Kid#19; Rawhide Kid#146
Synopsis: Barrow tries to goad the Kid into a fight, but he declines; when Barrow is caught in quicksand, the Kid saves him, and Barrow learns to stop provoking others.

Title: "Renegade Rout!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Kiowat [indian leader], Parch [accomplice, doubles as army scout]
Others: Thunder, Belle Palmer, U.S. Cavalry
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch, Fort Meade
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#3; Outlaw Kid#19
Synopsis: The Kid sees Parch leading indians in their attacks, and proves it to the cavalry by capturing him.

Title: "The Protector!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Al Williamson
Heroes: Ten-Notch Kid [gunfighter trying to go straight]
Others: Marshal Tracy
Genre: Western
Setting: River Bend
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#3
Synopsis: River Bend hires a young man to be their sheriff and protect them from the Ten-Notch Kid; it isn't until a marshal comes to town that they realize he is the Ten-Notch Kid.

Title: "The Man Behind the Guns!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Russ Madding [silver thief]
Others: Thunder, sheriff
Genre: Western
Setting: Silver Nugget Mine, Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#3; Outlaw Kid#24
Synopsis: Russ Madding steals from the silver nugget mine, but the Outlaw Kid catches him. "Fast Draw"

Title: "Bully's Bluff"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Pete and Frankie Holliday [bullying brothers]
Others: Thunder, Joey [teenager]
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#7; Outlaw Kid#25; Rawhide Kid#151
Synopsis: The Outlaw Kid saves Joey from Frankie's bullying, and beats up his older brother Pete; Pete and Frankie try to ambush the Outlaw Kid and Joey, but are attacked by a cougar; when Joey and the Outlaw Kid save them, they become fast friends.

Title: "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Dave Berg
Heroes: Cory [rancher]
Villains: Wolf Harper [aka "Corbett," fugitive]
Genre: Western
Setting: Longhorn Pass
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#7; Outlaw Kid#25
Synopsis: "Corbett" tries to gun down Cory, believing him to be the infamous Wolf Harper, but Cory helps reveal Corbett as the real Wolf Harper, turning him over to the authorities.
"Flames Along the Border"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#8

Title: "The Fast Draw!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Brad King [robber, dies]
Others: Thunder, Doc Fletcher, Mr. "Hoot" Temple
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#3; Outlaw Kid#19
Synopsis: As King robs a saloon, he hits the Outlaw Kid on his way out; he then forces Lance Temple to get him a horse; Temple pursues him as the Outlaw Kid, and in a sandstorm, King falls to his death. "Duel in the Desert"
"Guns for Hire"
"Six-Gun Challenge"
"Along the Outlaw Trail"

Title: "Redmen on the Rampage!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: indians
Others: Chief Mahopi, Belle Palmer
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#6; Outlaw Kid#22
Synopsis: The Outlaw Kid leads cavalry troops against indians; the fighting ends when Mahopi calls for peace.

Title: "Six-Gun Meeting!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Chad Harvey [freight hauler]
Others: Thunder, Belle Palmer
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#6; Outlaw Kid#22
Synopsis: Harvey uses his company as a front for robbers who pass their money on to him; the Outlaw Kid uncovers the truth, and captures Harvey's gang.

Title: "Law and Order!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Mallon [protection racketeer]
Others: Mr. "Hoot" Temple, Thunder, Mr. Eberly [rancher]
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#6; Outlaw Kid#22
Synopsis: Mallon tries to extort money from ranchers, but the Outlaw Kid catches him in the act, and turns him over to the law.

"Treachery on the Trail"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#150; Outlaw Kid#23; Outlaw Kid#7

Title: "Run For Your Life"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Pete Morisi
Villains: Wade Norris [stage thief]
Genre: Western
Setting: desert
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Norris robs a stage but is so terrified of being caught that he becomes his own worst enemy, and drives himself right into the arms of the law.

Title: "Revenge of the Redmen!"
Story:
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Darro [stage-robber], his gang
Others: Chief Powhotti [native], Thunder, Mr. "Hoot" Temple
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City, the Temple Ranch
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#9
Synopsis: Darro riles up the town against indians for robbing the stages; the Outlaw Kid proves Darro is the true robber, using men dressed as natives.

"When the Owlhoots Rode"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#8; Outlaw Kid#26
"Gun Crazy"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#8; Outlaw Kid#24; Rawhide Kid#147
"Treachery in Caliber City"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#8
"Hide-Out"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#96; Night Rider#4

Title: "One of the Outlaw Kid's Fastest Gunfights"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: brash gunfighter and his partner [dies]
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Synopsis: A gunfighter challenges the Outlaw Kid to a gunfight, hoping his partner will get the drop on him, but the Kid catches on to the plan and takes them both out.

Title: "Railroaded!"
Story: Mike Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Jack Abel
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Jack McDaniels [wealthy railroad owner], his gang, Bounty-Hawk [formerly Gunhawk]
Others: "Hoot" Temple, Belle Palmer, Blazer
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#28
Synopsis: The Outlaw Kid is being framed for property destruction by McDaniels, and begins to draw McDaniels out by harassing him; it instead turns the town against him. McDaniels hires Bounty-Hawk, to deal with the Kid once and for all.
Notes: Continued from previous issue; concludes next issue.

"Gun-fighter For Hire" from Quick-Trigger Western#17

Title: "In the Claws of Bounty-Hawk!"
Story: Mike Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Jack Abel
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: The Red Vest Gang, Jack McDaniels, Bounty-Hawk
Others: Blazer, "Hoot" Temple,
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#29
Synopsis: The Kid foils a train robbery by the Red Vest Gang, then holds up the train himself, and gives the money away to a needy family. Bounty-Hawk catches up with him, and the two battle, but are interrupted by the Red Vest Gang, out for revenge. After saving him from the Red Vest Gang, Bounty-Hawk decides not to take the Kid's bounty, and leaves him alone.
Notes: Continued from previous issue; Red Vest Gang previously seen in Outlaw Kid#10; Bounty-Hawk appears next in Blaze of Glory#1 as Gunhawk.

Title: "The Last Rebel!"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Jack Abel
Heroes: Outlaw Kid
Villains: Jack McDaniels, "Reb" [Confederate soldier, dies] and other Confederates [die]
Others: Mr. "Hoot" Temple, Blazer, Belle Palmer
Genre: Western
Setting: Caliber City
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#30
Synopsis: The Outlaw Kid aids "Reb" after he and his men are massacred by McDaniels while robbing his train; "Reb" refuses to halt his mission for the Confederacy, though the Civil War is long over, and when he attempts to rob McDaniels again, the Kid goes after him, and kills him.

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Title: "The Man From Cheyenne"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Rick Grant
Villains: Jeb Burris [no-goodnik]
Others: Clay Grant [rick's father, onwer of Circle-G ranch]
Genre: Western
Setting: Tombstone, Arizona
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: A man from Cheyenne pretends to be the son of Clay Grant; when Burris tries to get in on the action, he beats him up; ultimately, he is surprised to learn he really is Grant's son-- he has the same arrowhead-shaped scar.

Title: "When the Sioux Attack"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Rand Calhoun [rancher]
Villains: the Sioux
Others: Sheep-herders [Cal named], cattle-herders
Genre: Western
Setting: the west
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: The sheep-herders and cattle-herders try to run each other off their land, but when the Sioux attack, they join forces.

Title: "The Wild One!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Syd Shores
Heroes: Christopher "Kit" Carson [scout]
Villains: Harry Wyatt [ranny]
Others: Great Bear [indian chief]
Genre: Western
Setting: 1846 [opening scene]; New Mexico
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: Though friends while growing up, Harry and Chris go different ways, with Chris becoming a scout, while Harry becomes a robber; Chris finally brings Harry to justice, and goes on to be known as "Kit" Carson. Harry dies two years later, forgotten.

Title: "Outlaw's Hideout"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Al Williamson
Villains: Laredo Smith [stage-robber]
Genre: Western
Setting: Buckshot Gap
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#2
Synopsis: After receiving a tell-tale scar during a botched stage hold-up, Smith grows a beard to conceal his identity-- but is then mistaken for a different robber, and arrested.

Title: "Gun-Fighter For Hire!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Martin Gray [ranch owner]
Villains: Gun-Fighter [Wade Carter, dies], Mr. Jenkins [rival of Gray's, dies]
Others: Nancy Carter [Gun-Fighter's sister]
Genre: Western
Setting: Cactus Patch
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#11
Synopsis: The Gun-Fighter earns money by challenging men to either drawing against him, or paying him money. When Gray refuses either, he allies himself with Jenkins in assaulting Gray's ranch, but is shocked to learn his sister married Gray. Infuriated with Jenkins, he attacked him, and died guns blazing.

Title: "Ambush!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: Pecos Rork [shotgun guard], Daniel Boone
Villains: Comanches
Others: Frank Calhoun, Mary Calhoun [settlers]
Genre: Western
Setting: frontier
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#101
Synopsis: Rork leads settlers through the west, and are attacked by Comanches; one of the settlers, a young Daniel Boone, saves them all by killing the Comanche chief.
"The Coward"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#28
"The Schoolmarm"
"Captive Town"

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Title: "The Man Who Gunned Down Red Wolf!"
Story: Gardner Fox
Art: Syd Shores, Chic Stone
Heroes: Red Wolf
Villains: Alvah Bradley [rancher], Fast John Silver [gunman]
Others: Cheyenne [Long Spear], Molly Brennan, Colonel Sabre, Lobo, Owayodata
Genre: Western
Setting: New Mexico
Synopsis: Bradley hires Silver to kill Red Wolf in preparation for his plot to acquire sacred Cheyenne land, but Silver's assault fails. Red Wolf convinces the Cheyenne to thwart Bradley by diverting a crucial river, and Bradley is forced to negotiate with the Cheyenne fairly.

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Title: "Man Trap"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Severin
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Duke Geiger and gang [out to kill Cory Rand]
Others: Arab, Spence "Bulldog" Peyton [US marshal after Cory Rand], Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: the west
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#21; Ringo Kid#2
Synopsis: Both outlaws and a marshal are after the Ringo Kid's father, but when the outlaws target Peyton and Ringo and his father save him, he decides not to apprehend Rand.

Title: "The Sheriff's Star!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sheriff Cal Frank Stone
Villains: Jabex Black [criminal, dies]
Others: Tom Stone [sheriff, dies]
Genre: Western
Setting: Twin Falls
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#21; Ringo Kid#2
Synopsis: When the town sheriff dies, Black takes charge of the town, killing all who oppose him; he appoints a new sheriff he expects to follow his orders, but the new sheriff is the brother of the previous one-- and kills Black.

Title: "Deadly Ambush"
Story:
Art: John Severin
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: outlaws
Others: Arab, Dull Knife, Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: San Carlos
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#21; Ringo Kid#2
Synopsis: Ringo is struck by poisoned water, and framed for robbery by the poisoners; his father and Dull Knife break him out of jail, and he finds the poisoners, proving his innocence.

"The Tarnished Badge"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#22; Ringo Kid#2; Ringo Kid#19

Title: "One Must Die!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: outlaws
Others: Arab, Marshal Cameron
Genre: Western
Setting: Yuma
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#21; Ringo Kid#24; Ringo Kid#1
Synopsis: Ringo finds a dead marshal, and takes his captive back to Yuma, but the captive turns out to be the marshal himself-- his clothes having been stolen by the outlaw. The marshal lets Ringo go free.

"The Poachers"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#24; Ringo Kid#1; Ringo Kid#20
"Desperate Hour"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#24; Ringo Kid#1; Ringo Kid#20
"Stranger in Town"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#1; Ringo Kid#20
"The Hostage"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#1; Ringo Kid#20; Ringo Kid#24

Title: "Hostage!"
Story:
Art: Fred Kida
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Jake Saterlee [bandit]
Others: Arab, Dull Knife, Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: Yellow Creek; Black Rock
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#4; Ringo Kid#23; Ringo Kid#25
Synopsis: Ringo's father is captured by Saterlee, who demands that Ringo steal a wagon of ammo from the military in exchange. When Ringo arrives with the wagon, he has Dull Knife roll it down the hill towards Saterlee's shack, causing all of his men to scatter-- but there was no ammo inside. The trick works, and Ringo frees his father.

"The Man From the Panhandle"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#3; Ringo Kid#22
"Fugitive"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#3; Ringo Kid#22
"Lawman"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#3; Ringo Kid#22
"The Plundered Stage"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#3

Title: "The Golden Spur!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Bandits
Others: Arab, Pilar Juarez, unnamed priest
Genre: Western
Setting: El Diablo prison; El Quintero
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#4; Ringo Kid#23; Ringo Kid#25
Synopsis: Ringo recovers the Golden Spur and brings it to a town overrun by bandits, where it is used as a key to free the town's citizens from prison; Ringo then leads the citizens against the bandits, and drives them out.

Title: "A Price on His Head!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Bandits
Others: Dull Knife, Colonel Henshaw, Arab
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Bristol
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#4; Ringo Kid#23; Ringo Kid#25
Synopsis: Ringo and Dull Knife save Henshaw from bandits, and promise to deliver him to Fort Bristol, believing him to be a fellow outlaw. Although Henshaw proves to be a military colonel, he is so impressed by Ringo's generosity, that he lets him go free.

Title: "The Phantom Raiders!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Phantom Raiders [stage robbers]
Others: Arab, unnamed marshal, Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: Buzzard Pass
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#4; Ringo Kid#23; Ringo Kid#25
Synopsis: Ringo is believed to be behind stage robberies where the victimized stage is set loose in the desert, but a marshal who knows his father believes in him, and lets him go when another robbery occurs. With his father, Ringo baits the Phantom Raiders with a phony stage, and they capture the gang.

Title: untitled
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Red Santee, Jack Larkin, Ace Dawson [dies]
Others: Arab, Jim Haggard [newspaper editor], Sam Tilsen [express rider]
Genre: Western
Setting: Comanche Gap [bordertown]
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#8
Synopsis: Haggard is framed for the murder of Dawson, but information being brought by an express rider could clear him; Ringo ambushes the men trying to kill Tilsen, and Haggard is cleared.

Title: "End of the Trail!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Shotgun Blaine [payroll robber]
Others: Arab, Colonel Pierce, Dull Knife, Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: Black Butte; Pine Bluff; Wolverine
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#8
Synopsis: The army requests Ringo aid in thwarting a gang of payroll robbers. With the aid of his dad and Dull Knife, Ringo infiltrates the gang, and leads them to an ambush by the army.

Title: "Six-Gun Auction!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Nick Santos [horse dealer], Jake and unnamed partner
Others: Arab
Genre: Western
Setting: Shasta; San Marcos
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#8
Synopsis: Ringo pursues men who stole money from Shasta; noting that they intend to buy horses with the money, he prods them into trying to acquire Arab; they hold a race, with Arab as the prize, but Ringo and Arab beat both men and recover the money.

Title: untitled
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Others: Arab, Landis [reluctant robber]
Genre: Western
Setting: Spinner's Gorge; North Creek
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#8
Synopsis: Ringo is chased by the law who assume he robbed a stage; he meets the true thief, a poor man who just wanted enough money to buy some land. Ringo convinces him to turn himself in, and the sack of money turns out to be land grants-- including one for Landis himself. "Where Larrabee Rode"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#86

Title: "The Stranger!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: unnamed gunman
Villains: Kelly [bully]
Others: Nevada [bartender]
Genre: Western
Setting: River's End
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#15
Synopsis: A stranger comes to River's End, and is made fun of by the townsfolk, especially for drinking milk; when he outshoots Kelly and beats him up, they change their minds, and milk becomes the town's number one beverage.

untitled
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#10
"Duel at Dawn"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#10
"Freeze or Fight!"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#10
"Calico Pony"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#10

"Back Down or Die!"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#98
"The Last Warning"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#14
"Dead Man’s Duel"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#14
"Vengeance is Mine"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#14
"Showdown in Calico"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#15

Title: "One Hour Truce!"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Jag Fresco [trapper]
Others: Arab, Cory Rand, Dull Knife, Wild Horse [Comanche]
Genre: Western
Setting: Nogales [August]; Miskogee Creek
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12
Synopsis: Ringo helps release Wild Horse, who had discovered Fresco's men panning for gold on Comanche land; with his father and Dull Knife, Ringo leads the Comanches against Fresco and defeat him.

Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Poachers
Others: Arab, Cory Rand
Genre: Western
Setting: Sonora Trail
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12
Synopsis: Ringo is accused of poaching by the actual poachers, but manages to clear himself with the aid of his father.

Title: "The Payoff!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Nevada Crawford [sheriff]
Villains: Jape, Hunk
Others: Joe [Crawford's deputy]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#97
Synopsis: Jape and Hunk run a string of successful stage robberies until they steal a trunk from a stage which contains Crawford, who had baited them.
"Deadline in Caribou"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#13
"Challenge in the Night"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#13

Title: "A Badge to Die For!"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Bandits
Others: Sheriff Jim Langtry, Arab
Genre: Western
Setting: Cross Creek
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12
Synopsis: Ringo is furious with Cross Creek when its sheriff is shot because the townspeople didn't support him. With the sheriff wounded, bandits take over the town and loot it, so Ringo defeats them, then gives the money to Langtry so he can retire on it.

Title: "Man With a Gun"
Story:
Art: Joe Kubert, Moskowitz
Heroes: Drago Kid [expert gunman]
Villains:
Others: Sally Harkness [daughter of Ben], Ben Harkness [retired gunman], Doris Tompkins [Sally's friend]
Genre: Western
Setting: Wayneville, Texas
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12
Synopsis: The Drago Kid makes a quick reputation in Wayneville, boasting how he was trained by the greatest gunman, Ben Harkness. Desirous of Sally, he tracks her down to her father's ranch, and faces her father in a gunfight over her-- and loses. Her father is Ben Harkness, and exposes him as a liar. The Drago Kid rides away, promising to make good and return for Sally.
Notes: Sequel?

Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Ringo Kid
Villains: Loggers
Others: Arab, Jim Abbott [logger], Mary Abbott, indians
Genre: Western
Setting: Snake River
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12
Synopsis: Ringo aids Jim Abbott against loggers who want the gold in his river; Ringo defeats them, and presents Abbott with his fortune.
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Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#13
"Duel by Sundown"
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#13

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Title: "The Coming of Gunhawk"
Story: Jerry Siegel
Art: Werner Roth, Sal Buscema
Heroes: Gunhawk [1st appearance, bounty hunter]
Villains: Luke Tuttle [phony sheriff], Scragg [crook]
Others: Jeb Hawkins [prospector], Chile Hawkins [daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Brimstone; Drygulch
Synopsis: Gunhawk is hired by Brimstone to oust Tuttle and does so; Scragg's men offer him a job driving out Jeb Hawkins, who has found a gold mine, but Gunhawk dislikes Scragg, and helps the Hawkins drive him and his men off.
Notes: Gunhawk appears next in Western Gunfighters#4.
"Call Them Renegades!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#214

"The Outlaw" from Two-Gun Kid#55

Title: "Tales of Fort Rango!"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Syd Shores
Heroes: Major Brett Sabre [commander of Fort Rango]
Villains: Sgt. Ned Hacker [scout, traitor], Crazy Dog and other indians
Others: Soldiers at Fort Rango [Jake, Clem]
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Rango, 1860's
Synopsis: Sabre attempts to discipline the fort, and drives out Hacker for striking him. Hacker tries to have Sabre killed and made to look like Crazy Dog did it, but when Crazy Dog really does attack, they have to drive him off.
Notes: Fort Rango appears next in Marvel Spotlight #1.

"There's a Shoot-out Comin'" from Rawhide Kid#33

Title: "Call Them...Renegades"
Story: Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich
Art: Tom Sutton
Heroes: Little Flower [french trapper], Carlos Cortez [Mexican], the Kid [teenager], the Dude [gunslinger]
Villains: Santa Anna
Others: Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Col. William Travis
Genre: Western
Setting: the Alamo, Texas, 1836
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#214
Synopsis: The Renegades are assembled by Col. Travis to bring a letter to Sam Houston, but are believed by those at the Alamo to be traitors.
Notes: The Renegades appear next in Western Gunfighters#4.

Title: "Return of the Tarantula"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Tom Sutton
Heroes: Ghost Rider [last seen in Ghost Rider#7]
Villains: Tarantula [Clay Riley, last seen in Ghost Rider#5]
Others: Sheriff Ben Brooks, Natalie Brooks
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: The Tarantula sets out to commit robberies so he can provide medical aid for Natalie; he and the Ghost Rider battle again, and he is unmasked as Clay Riley.

Title: "Tarantula No More!"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Tom Sutton
Heroes: Ghost Rider
Villains: Tarantula [Clay Riley]
Others: Sheriff Ben Brooks, Natalie Brooks
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend, Colorado
Synopsis: The Tarantula is unmasked as Clay Riley, but Sheriff Brooks refuses to believe it; when Ghost Rider and Tarantula battle again, Tarantula falls from a cliff and loses his memory. Brooks puts up a $1000 reward for the Ghost Rider's capture.
Notes: Continued from previous issue.

"The Fury of Red Stallion" from Apache Kid#13
"Man From Cheyenne" from Quick-Trigger Western#13
"Pony Express" from Apache Kid#11
"When the Sioux Attack" from Quick-Trigger Western#13
"The Wild One" from Quick-Trigger Western#13
"Uprising" from Apache Kid#5
"Outlaw's Hideout" from Quick-Trigger Western#13

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Title: "Six-Gun Vengeance"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Tex Dawson
Villains: Jonas [ranch hand]
Others: Whirlwind, Lightning
Genre: Western
Setting: old west
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#26
Synopsis: An old man recounts to an admiring child how Tex Dawson was once framed for theft by Jonas in his ranching days, and became an outlaw. He met up with Whirlwind and Lightning, both animals being outcasts from their own societies, and they became friends; Dawson eventually cleared his name, and set out to use his abilities to help people like him.

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Title: "War"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Ethan Fuller [southern farmer]
Villains: Steve Weldon [intolerant man, dies], his gang
Others: Nancy Fuller [Ethan's wife], unnamed son, US Cavalry
Genre: Western
Setting: Post-Civil War
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#13
Synopsis: Following the Civil War, Weldon continues a private war, killing "rebels" wherever he finds them. Only the Fullers refuse to pull out, and stand against him, and they are saved from Weldon by the cavalry.
"Branded"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#103
"With Guns Slung Low"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#106
"Half-Breed"

Title: "The Rio Kid!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Cody [sheriff, masquerades as Rio Kid]
Villains: Turgon [gang leader]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed frontier town
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#118
Synopsis: The Rio Kid arrives in town, and frightens the local law-breakers into departing; he then reveals himself to be the new sheriff, and that he killed the real Rio Kid months ago.
"Scar Durham...He Couldn't Be Caught"
Reprinted In: Wyatt Earp#34
"Empty Holsters"
Reprinted In: Gunhawks#6
"They Strike By Night"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#114
"A Gunman in Town"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#22

Title: "Draw on Sight!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Lin Mead [deputy]
Villains: Patch Collins [outlaw]
Others: Mayor Dan Kimberly
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#188
Synopsis: Mead is disgraced by the outlaw Patch, until he determines how to beat him in a draw by coming at him from the side of his blind eye.

Title: "Warpath!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Buff [frontier hero]
Villains: Jack Gore, Grey Wolf [Blackfoot, wanna-be chief]
Others: Big Elk, Chief Bear Claw, other Blackfoot
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Davis
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#188
Synopsis: Gore drives the Blackfoot into a warpath so that the cavalry will kill them and he can take their gold; Buff uncovers the plot and warns the cavalry. "Come an’ Get Me"
"Revenge of Black Jack Taylor"
"Guns Roar in Calamity"

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