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Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl
Title: "Growler Joe Meets the Stranger!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Billy the Kid
Villains: Growler Joe [outlaw]
Others: Clay Barker [sheriff]
Genre: Western
Setting: 1880, Apache Hill, Texas
Reprinted In: Cowboy Action#5; Rawhide Kid#121
Synopsis: Billy helps the disgraced Barker regain his respect by defeating Growler Joe, and then letting Barker drive him out of town.
"The Tribe That Vanished"
"The Boy Who Hunted"
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Saunders [land-grabber, dies], Reeves [thug], Fletch Gallo [gunfighter, dies]
Others: Adams [land owner], Ginny [his daughter], Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Silver Spur Saloon
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Colt protects Adams against Saunders' men, even after Fletch Gallo is hired; when Fletch attacks the Kid, he uses Saunders as a human shield, then drops Gallo.
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Sam Labowe [rancher, dies], Slagg [foreman]
Others: Steel, Johnny Falcon [rancher]
Genre: Western
Setting: Devil's Gorge
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Colt helps defend Falcon against charges of murder and unmasks Labowe as the true murderer.
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Crowley [stage owner], George Flint [outlaw, dies], phoney Comanches
Others: Steel, Lester P. Forbes [railroad owner], Sally Forbes [his daughter], White Eagle and other Comanches
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Crowley has his men dress as Comanches to run trains off the tracks and ruin Forbes for the benefit of the stage. Colt realizes the Comanches are fakes, and unmasks the conspiracy.
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Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#7
Title: "The Doomed Express!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Black Rider
Villains: Jake Grimes [dies]
Others: Satan/Ichabod, Bobby Lathrop, Marie Lathrop
Genre: Western
Setting: Leadville
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#13
Synopsis: The Black Rider must stop Jake Grimes from destroying a train trestle, and does, throwing Grimes from the trestle.
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Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#163
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Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#161; Mighty Marvel Western#19
"Kid Colt Helps a Lady"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#161; Kid Colt, Outlaw#204
"Day of Decision"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#161; Kid Colt, Outlaw#204
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Pepito Chavez [Mexican bandit gang leader]
Others: Steel, U.S. Cavalry
Genre: Western
Setting: Fort Henry
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#13
Synopsis: Colt is captured by Chavez, and forced to lead them to the U.S. Cavalry and prepare an ambush; the Kid leaves a message for the cavalry, written in rocks, and when they do arrive, they arrive in superior numbers and defeat Chavez.
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Jory [ex-foreman, dies]
Others: Steel, Blackie [black stallion], Miss Peters [ranch owner]
Genre: Western
Setting: Miss Peters' ranch
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#13
Synopsis: Colt aids Miss Peters against Jory, who tries to rustle her horses; Colt is assisted by the wild stallion Blackie, who drives Jory off a cliff.
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Trevors
Others: Steel, Mr. Peale [funeral home owner], Jeff [suspected shooter]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#13
Synopsis: Colt is involved in a shooting, but it is unclear who shot whom; Colt discerns it was Trevors by examining the bullet taken from the dead man's body.
"The Man without a Gun"
Title: untitled
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Flint Waters [Wells Fargo robber, dies], Luke Waters [Flint's brother]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Big Bend
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Colt helps escort Flint to Big Bend, but Luke sets Flint free along the way; Colt and Flint shoot-out, and Flint is slain by an avalanche his gun causes.
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"Mission of Mercy"
"Danger Trail"
"No Place to Run!"
"Revolt in Rawhide!"
Title: "The Promise"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Villains: Sam Durstine, Cal Durstine [Sam's nephew]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#140; Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3; Rawhide Kid#111
Synopsis: The Durstines rob a store but Cal is shot; Sam tries to go after the sheriff who shot him, but Cal decides that instead they should turn themselves over to the law.
"Desert Vengeance"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#160
"An Act of Faith"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#160
"The Challenge"
"Day of Decision"
Title: "Counter-Ambush!"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Bart Holly and Shim Anders [robbers]
Others: Jake Banner [gun shop owner], sheriff
Genre: Western
Setting: Sierra [bordertown]
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#46
Synopsis: Colt encounters two men tracking him, hoping to collect a reward; he takes away their guns, and finds a plan detailing their intent to rob the Sierra Bank; the robbers steal new guns from a shop owner, and implicate him in the bank robbery; when Colt arrives with their plans, he proves Banner's innocence, and catches the two crooks.
"Rampage"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#213
"Rustler's Moon"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#213
"Six-Gun Extra"
"Slap Leather"
Title: "Six-Gun Roadblock!"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: bandits
Others: Steel, Pop Watson [gunsmith], Captain Drake [head of the military in Black Mesa]
Genre: Western
Setting: Black Mesa
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#15
Synopsis: Colt finds the gold-producing town of Black Mesa cut off by bandits, and the citizens so lax in comfort that they've let their guard down; he shows the local captain the bandits on the horizon, and the townsfolk go to Pop Watson for their weapons, driving the bandits away.
"The Town!"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#8
Title: "A Man Named Colt"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Yago James
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Gallop City
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Yago steals Steel and rides to Gallop City, but the Kid pursues and captures him.
Title: "Gantry's Curse"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Boot Ballam
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#156
Synopsis: Ballam kills Clay Gantry for his treasure, but can't find it; it turns out to be jewels hidden inside of his gun.
"Hired Gun"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#158
Title: "Showdown at Smoke Mesa"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Bulldog Cass [rustler]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Smoke Mesa
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3
Synopsis: Cass' men have a showdown with Colt in Smoke Mesa, and Cass winds up abandoning his rustling and befriending the Kid.
Title: "The Wolf Pack"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Wolf Pack [Jamie, Swanson]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Blaze City
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3
Synopsis: Colt is temporarily trapped in a mine by the Wolf Pack, but escapes to track them down and end their wagon train robbing.
"The Raiders"
"The Promise"
"The Cochise Trail"
Title: "Tinhorn Sheriff"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: rabble-rousers
Others: Steel, Jeff Crandall [sheriff, newspaper publisher]
Genre: Western
Setting: Copperhead
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#148; Kid Colt, Outlaw#210
Synopsis: Colt helps Crandall clean up Copperhead and getting the newspaper printing again.
"Dangerous Game"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#148; Kid Colt, Outlaw#208
Title: "Phantom Ambush"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Wolf Sabine [gold thief]
Others: Drakul [Mandan warrior], Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Mandan burial grounds
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#148; Kid Colt, Outlaw#210
Synopsis: Drakul turns against Wolf Sabine and informs Colt about Sabine's plan to steal gold hidden in a Mandan burial site; Colt thwarts Sabine's gang with Drakul's help.
"Saddle Bum"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#148
"Shoot Fast or Die"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#148
"Dangerous Game"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#208
Title: "Draw on Sight!"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Johnny Starr, Wolf Petrie [Chisholm's old partners]
Others: Strap Chisholm [reformed gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: Caribou
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#7; Western Gunfighters#30
Synopsis: Colt meets former outlaw Chisholm, who wants to go straight, but his old partners Starr and Petrie are after him for revenge; Colt brings them to justice.
"The Big Man"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#30
Title: "Fateful Journey"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: stage robbers
Others: Steel, Harold Whitney [Colt Company representative]
Genre: Western
Setting: Sierra
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#210
Synopsis: Colt is captured and held by a sheriff aboard a stage alongside Whitney; when the stage is attacked, Whitney sets Colt free to help drive off the thieves. Colt is proved innocent for the time, and Whitney gives him two colts from the Colt Company.
"The Sheriff of Buckshot!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#208
"Trail of Disaster!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#204
"The Big Man"
Title: "Rustler"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Dave Hoxie [rancher]
Villains: rustler
Others: Nora Hoxie [Dave's wife], Tim Hoxie [Dave's son]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed ranch
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#142; Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3
Synopsis: Hoxie is a peaceful man, but when a cattle rustler threatens his son's life, he beats the rustler up and turns him over to the law.
Title: "Dead on His Feet"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: outlaws
Others: Todd Lane [pony express, dies], Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Arizona
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#142; Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3
Synopsis: Colt keeps a gun Todd Lane carried away from outlaws as it proves they were planning to conquer Arizona territory. He turns them over to the army.
"With a Gun at his Back"
"The Magic Six-Guns"
"Gauntlet of Hate"
Title: "The Treasure of Sierra Blanco!"
Story:
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: treasure hunters
Others: Steel, Wiler [guardian of Sierra Blanco]
Genre: Western
Setting: Sierra Blanco
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#26
Synopsis: Kid Colt visits Sierra Blanco, which is rumored to contain a hidden treasure; when treasure hunters come, he helps Wilder drive them away, then reveals that he's discovered the treasure's location-- hidden in the bottom of the town well.
"One of Us Must Die"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#20
"One-Hour Truce"
Title: "Gunplay"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Blackjack Weems [gunfighter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Thunder Rock
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#144; Kid Colt, Outlaw#210
Synopsis: Weems challenges Colt to a shoot-out, not knowing who he is. Colt easily bests him.
"Kill Kid Colt on Sight!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#144
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Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#144
"Lawman"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#144
"Trail of the Outlaw!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#144
Title: "The Kid Faces Sam Hawk, Manhunter!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt, Marshal Sam Hawk
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: western town
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#6; Kid Colt, Outlaw#146
Synopsis: Colt has his first encounter with Sam Hawk, who out-draws and captures him; while being led away to his trial, the Kid escapes when he falls off a cliff, then grabs a branch, swinging out of reach. Hawk vows to capture him again.
Title: "The Other Kid Colt!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Others: "Kid Colt" [young man mistaken for Colt], his father
Genre: Western
Setting: "unknown frontier town on the Arizona border"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#146; Kid Colt, Outlaw#225
Synopsis: When a young man is mistaken for Colt and arrested, Colt decides to make a clean break, but his conscience brings him back to testify-- only to discover the court had already proven the young man wasn't him! Again on the run, Colt is aided in his escape by the father of "Kid Colt", grateful for Colt's selfless gesture.
Title: "Crazy Fox Strikes!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Crow Eye [renegade Comanche, dies]
Others: Crazy Fox [elderly Comanche chief, Colt's blood brother], Comanches, Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Twin Forks, Texas
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#146
Synopsis: When the Comanches go on the warpath, Colt investigates why, and finds Crow Eye is in control; Colt disguises himself as Crazy Fox and defeats Crow Eye in battle, enabling Crazy Fox to regain control of the Comanches.
Title: "Stagecoach to Tombstone!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: robbers
Others: Steel, unnamed reporter [from Chicago], Special Agent Tom Walker [government agent sent to capture Kid Colt], Mrs. Walker [his wife]
Genre: Western
Setting: Tombstone, Arizona
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#146
Synopsis: Colt rides in a stagecoach with the very man sent to apprehend him; he saves Walker and his wife from robbers, and turns down an offer to help capture himself. The reporter, having guessed Colt's identity, promises to write an article for his paper that will tell the truth about him.
"The Wild One!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#229
Title: "How the Kid became An Outlaw!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt [origin, 18 in this story]
Villains: Lash Larribe (gunman, dies)
Others: Dan Colt (Kid Colt's father, dies), Gabby (the Colt's faithful servant, dies), Steel (Colt's stallion)
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene, Wyoming, early 1870's
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#130, Kid Colt, Outlaw#170
Synopsis: When Larribe kills Dan Colt in a gunfight, Blaine Colt confronts and kills him in retaliation, but is believed to have shot him without warning; unable to remain in Abilene, he becomes the outlaw Kid Colt, bearing his father's guns.
"The Threat"
"The Last Roundup"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#170
"The Man Who was Faster Than the Kid"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#170
Title: "Fastest Gun in the West"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Others: Will Brown [former carnival attraction], Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Western America
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#11
Synopsis: Colt recalls how he once faced Brown, who was a much faster draw than he; when they finally face each other, Brown out-draws the Kid but can't bring himself to kill a man. He lets the Kid go, and they part as friends.
Title: untitled
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: the Waco Gang [Will, Red and Crag Waco]
Others: Steel, Ox Farrell [telegraph worker]
Genre: Western
Setting: Western America
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#153
Synopsis: Colt is believed to be working with the Waco Gang to sabotage the telegraph wires; he brings the Waco Gang to justice before they can dynamite the poles.
Title: "Siege at the Circle-X"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Hank Porter and his brothers [land-hungry thugs]
Others: Steel, Mr. Stevens and his daughter, a lawyer [lover of Steven's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Near Culver City
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#153
Synopsis: Colt defends the ranch of Stevens from the Porter brothers until the lawyer can return.
Title: "Redmen on the Rampage!"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: The Kid From Texas, Cactus
Villains: Apaches
Others: "Doc" [doctor]
Genre: Western
Setting: Western America
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#89
Synopsis: The Kid From Texas brings a doctor to aid the son of an Apache chief.
Title: "The Deputy Says: Draw!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Deputy Hank Yates [power-hungry deputy]
Others: sheriff
Genre: Western
Setting: Western America [in a state where Colt is not wanted]
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#153
Synopsis: Colt is safe from the law, but a power-hungry deputy tries to incite him into a gun-battle; the town turns on Yates after they see his true nature and drive him out.
Title: "Mission: Find El Lopo!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: El Lopo [Mexican outlaw] and his gang
Others: governor of Texas, federal soldiers, Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Texas; Las Quantas, Mexico
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western #12; Kid Colt, Outlaw#130
Synopsis: Colt is asked by the governor to recover papers stolen by El Lopo, and pretends to join his gang in order to find them; after recoving them, he leads the town of Las Quantas against El Lopo and captures him; he returns the papers without learning the governor intended to give him a pardon.
Title: "The Menace of Moose Morgan!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Moose Morgan
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: forest
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#152
Synopsis: Colt is found asleep by Morgan, who wants him to be his partner; Colt refuses, and they fight; Colt finally defeats him, puts his hat and vest on him, and sends him out to fool the posse that was chasing him. Colt then returns to sleep.
"Meeting at Midnight!"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#5
Title: "Guns Roar in Rio Mesa!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Ben Barrow and the Barrow gang
Others: Steel, Dave Harper [newspaperman]
Genre: western
Setting: Rio Mesa
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#211
Synopsis: Colt helps Harper against the Barrows, even though Harper thinks he's a crook; Harper learns better, and becomes Rio Mesa's new sheriff.
Title: "Kid Colt, Trapped"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: gang of barmen
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#211
Synopsis: A band of men in a bar try to catch Colt so they can collect the reward on him, but Colt escapes.
Title: "When the Kid Lost a Gunfight!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Others: Steel, Jed Lawson [sheriff]
Genre: Western
Setting: Sagebrush
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#211
Synopsis: When Lawson loses his nerve, Colt allows him to win a gunfight to prop up his ego.
Title: "The Man From Fargo!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Trigger Hoyt [robber, dies]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Arizona
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#152
Synopsis: Colt meets a man claiming to be a Wells Fargo agent, but realizes he is actually a robber who stole from the real Wells Fargo agent; in the course of their scuffle, Hoyt is killed when his bullet ricochets off a rock and back at his chest.
Title: "Wanted!! Dead or Alive!!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Torgun Brothers [robbers]
Others: Steel, Ben White [farmer], Mike White [Ben's son]
Genre: Western
Setting: St. Louis
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw #132; Kid Colt, Outlaw#152
Synopsis: Colt allows White to turn him in so he can use the reward for an operation on his son, but when Colt hears the Torgun Brothers are loose, he breaks out and stops them.
Title: "Beware!! The Gun Wizard!
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Gun Wizard [circus performer], his girlfriend
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Tumbleweed
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#152
Synopsis: Colt attends a circus, and sees the Gun Wizard perform marksmanship tricks; he offers to tell his secrets for money afterwards, but Colt learns that he doesn't reveal anything, and keeps all the money. Colt calls him out before an audience, and proves that he's a fake-- his trick of shooting the flame off his assistant's match was accomplished by his assistant simply blowing out the match. Colt shows the circus some real tricks, then rides away.
"Desperado"
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#97
Title: "Gunduel in the Desert!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Yancy Hawks [gunman, dies]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed desert
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#154; Two-Gun Kid#92
Synopsis: Hawks, determined to beat Colt in a gunfight, slits his canteen while Colt sleeps; he then ambushes Colt after the desert heat exhausts him, but when Colt tries to warn him about a rattlesnake, Hawks disbelieves him-- and is struck dead by it.
"The Gun"
Title: "A Man and His Gun!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Ben
Villains: Collins Brothers [Red, two others]
Others: Ben's father [minister]
Genre: Western
Setting: outside Boyneville
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#76; Rawhide Kid#112
Synopsis: Ben is teased by the Collins Brothers for not being a gunman, but when a fire breaks out, he saves Red's life.
Title: "On the Rampage!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: One-Eye Borden [one-eyed gunman], and his gang
Others: Scarecrow Jace [gunman], Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed county
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#130; Kid Colt, Outlaw#182
Synopsis: After being wounded in a gunfight with Jace, Colt becomes violent and forms a partnership with One-Eye Borden, but reveals he faked the injury with Jace to trick Borden into revealing the location of his loot.
"They Called him Chicamaw"
Title: "Beware of Montana Joe!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Montana Joe and his gang
Others: Steel, sheriff, Hank [deputy]
Genre: Western
Setting: Tombstone
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#130; Kid Colt, Outlaw#203
Synopsis: Colt prevents a stage robbery by Montana Joe's gang, and captures two of them; to get back at Colt, Joe dresses up as him, and commits a stage robbery which Colt is then arrested for; Colt breaks free, and hunts down Joe's gang, defeating them all, and leaving them for the sheriff.
Title: "Tragedy on the Trail!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: George [strong robber, dies]
Others: Steel, George's sister
Genre: Western
Setting: Near Las Palmas
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#203
Synopsis: George's sister lures Colt into an ambush for him, so he can steal Steel; the sister stays with Colt, and revives him; he fights George near a cliff, and George dies when he falls off the cliff, too heavy for Colt to lift him up; Colt then takes the sister to the nearest town.
Title: "Return of the Bad Man!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Blackie Brand [outlaw]
Others: sheriff of Lone Pine
Genre: Western
Setting: Lone Pine
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#119; Two-Gun Kid#77
Synopsis: Lone Pine prepares for the arrival of the notorious Brand, but Brand turns himself in to them, tired of running.
"Legends"
Title: "The Guns of Drago Dalton!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Drago Dalton, Bragg Harper [outlaws]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed territory, prison
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#130; Kid Colt, Outlaw#198
Synopsis: After learning that Dalton and his men served their time and got a light sentence for turning themselves in, Colt turns himself in only to get 5-10 years. After learning that Dalton never went to prison but had come up with his story to trick Colt into turning himself in, Colt breaks out and captures Dalton's gang, then resumes his own life as a fugitive.
Title: "The Making of the Man"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt [15 in this story]
Others: Mr. Colt [his father]
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene, Wyoming
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#88
Synopsis: Colt receives his first gun, and saves a man from being roughed up, but learns that people will now be afraid of him due to his gun.
Title: "When the Outlaws Strike!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt, Sam Hawk
Villains: Johnny Ringo, Drago Dalton, Cole Younger, Bob Younger, James Younger
Others: Steel, Lucy Hawk [Sam's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Purgatory [town of outlaws]
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#188
Synopsis: Colt is encouraged by Lucy to help save her father from the outlaws of Purgatory, and they drive the outlaws out; Hawk tries to arrest Colt afterwards, but Lucy allows him to escape.
"Badman Behind Bars!"
Reprinted In: Two-Gun Kid#78
"His Name was Hank"
Title: "The Eyes of Orville Jones!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt [17 in this story]
Villains: Orville Jones [hypnotist, gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: Abiline, Wyoming
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#2; Gunslingers
Synopsis: Colt faces Orville Jones, and beats him by avoiding his hypnotic eyes.
"Gun Duel in Dorado!"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#126
"The Ghost of Silver City"
"The Wail of Doom"
Title: "The Boy Who Was Afraid!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt [16 in this story]
Villains: Wild Joe Hogan [gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene, Wyoming
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#119
Synopsis: Hogan challenges Colt to a duel, and though concerned he might hurt him, Colt out-draws him and drives him off.
"Hoofbeats of Doom"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#27; Two-Gun Kid#81
"The Great Train Robbery"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#21
"The Swindler"
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#21
Title: "The Giant Monster of Midnight Valley!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: a sheriff and deputies
Others: Steel, an giant furry alien [healing powers], Marvel Comics writer [Stan Lee?]
Genre: Western, Science Fiction
Setting: northern Texas
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#3; Kid Colt, Outlaw#180
Synopsis: Kid Colt meets an alien from outer space; when Colt is killed defending him, the alien restores him to life; nearly 100 years later, the alien tells all this to a Marvel Comics writer.
Title: "Doom Around the Bend!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Apaches
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: a railroad, on the Abiline Express
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#180
Synopsis: Colt sees Apaches weaken a trestle, and tries to warn train, but is shot at; he brings down the trestle himself to save the train.
Title: "Thundering Hoofs!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Utah Smith [Pony Express rider]
Villains: Skull Durstine [owlhoot], Apaches, timber wolves
Genre: Western
Setting: Abilene, Texas
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#180
Synopsis: Utah Smith battles timber wolves, Apaches, and brings in an outlaw on his way to deliver the mail.
Title: "Zack Krull, the Man Who Outdrew the Kid!!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Zack Krull [fast draw, dies]
Genre: Western
Setting: old west town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#182
Synopsis: Kid Colt faces Krull, who is a faster draw than him, but Colt is a better shot and kills Krull despite being outdrawn.
Title: "The Unbeatable Mr. Brown!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Bennington Brown [hypnotist]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Eagle Bend, Texas
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#7; Kid Colt, Outlaw#186
Synopsis: Brown robs all the banks of Eagle Bend using hypnosis to slow his opponents; Colt defeats him by closing his eyes and outdrawing him by listening for his gun.
Notes: Bennington Brown returns in Kid Colt, Outlaw#127.
"Fury in the Streets"
"The Fastest Gun"
Title: "Iron Mask Strikes Again!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt, Rawhide Kid, Sam Hawk
Villains: Iron Mask
Others: Steel, Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Silvertown
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#215
Synopsis: Colt is captured by Sam Hawk, and put in jail; he is joined by the Rawhide Kid, who tries to warn Hawk that Iron Mask is lose again; both men escape, and join forces to capture Iron Mask, tricking him into falling in a well.
Notes: Iron Mask last seen in Kid Colt, Outlaw#114, returns in #127; this is the first meeting of Kid Colt and the Rawhide Kid.
"Hogans Hiding Place"
Title: "The Mystery of the Missing Mustangs"
Story: Al Hartley
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Phantom Raider [Slade, dies]
Others: Steel, Larsen [rancher]
Genre: Western
Setting: western trail
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw #177; Kid Colt, Outlaw #227
Synopsis: Colt pursues the masked cattle raider the Phantom Raider, and unmasks him as Slade, one of Larsen's hands after he is trampled by the herd.
"The Judge" from Rawhide Kid#32
Title: "Day of the Gunslingers!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes: Kid Colt, Two-Gun Kid
Villains: Silas Kane [mayoral candidate]
Others: Steel, Mayor Johnson [mayor of Tombstone], Sheriff Brett Barton, Boom-Boom Brown, Thunder
Genre: Western
Setting: Tombstone, Arizona
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#171
Synopsis: Kid Colt comes to Tombstone, and is asked to aid Kane in robbing banks to make Mayor Johnson look bad; he refuses, so they remove his bullets and bring him along for his rep; Colt rides away, and is caught by the Two-Gun Kid and arrested; Colt escapes jail, and rounds up Kane and his gang, proving his character in the Two-Gun Kid's eyes.
"The Mob Strikes" from Rawhide Kid#37
Title: "The Intruders!"
Story: Dennis O'Neil
Art: Dick Ayers, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Rance Barlow [rancher]
Others: Steel, Jake [shepherd], Nancy [Jake's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Ranch
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#223
Synopsis: Colt aids shepherds from Barlow, who wants their spread.
Title: "Revenge Rides the Range!"
Story: Roy Thomas
Art: Dick Ayers, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Patch Larson [rustler]
Others: Steel, Scott McCord [marshal], Jason McCord [dies in flashback]
Genre: Western
Setting: Weston County [flashback]
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#223
Synopsis: Colt is captured by Scott McCord, who believes that he killed his brother; when the two are attacked by Patch Larson, Colt aids McCord, and forces McCord to let him go; Colt determines that he will find the man who killed McCord's brother.
Notes: Continued?
Title: "The Wild Ones!"
Story: Sol Brodsky
Art: Tom Sutton
Heroes: Calamity Jane
Villains: Biggie Beckert, Little Poison [trouble-makers]
Genre: Western
Setting: South Gulch
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#228
Synopsis: Biggie and Poison cause a riot in a saloon, and decide to pick on one smaller man-- but "he" turns out to be Calamity Jane, who quickly defeats them both.
Title: "The Robin Hood Raider"
Story: Ron Whyte
Art: Werner Roth, Herb Trimpe
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Robin Hood Raider [Gance]
Others: Ned Delman [rancher], Steel, Susan Delman [Ned's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: Rat's Roost
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#196
Synopsis: Gance is protected in Rat's Roost by his friends and cannot be touched by the law; Colt and Susan Delman form a party to bring him to justice.
Title: "Showdown at the Silver Spur"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Werner Roth, Herb Trimpe
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Clem [miner, dies], Porky [Clem's brother]
Others: Steel
Genre: Porky's daughter, marshal
Setting: Moccasin Springs
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#196
Synopsis: After a marshal shoots Clem dead, Porky's daughter hires Colt to protect him, fearful that he'll get himself killed by the marshal in revenge; Porky winds up being arrested.
Title: "Targo"
Story: Denny O'Neil
Art: Don Heck, Jay Noel
Heroes: Targo [wanderer]
Villains: Blackie Billis [judge candidate]
Others: Judge Layton, his daughter
Genre: Western
Setting: Royal Valley
Synopsis: The crooked Billis attempts to prevent Layton from being re-elected, but Targo brings Billis down.
Title: "Fury at Farrow Gap"
Story: Denny O'Neil
Art: Werner Roth, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: outlaw band
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Farrow Gap
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Kid Colt, Outlaw#3
Synopsis: Colt is forced to work with a team of outlaws who send him to rob a bank with empty guns, but Colt outthinks them and routs them all into the law's arms.
"The Wolf Pack" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#65
"The Promise" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#60
"Showdown at Smoke Mesa" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#65
Title: "Death in the Devil's Dungeon!"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Kid Colt, Rawhide Kid
Others: Burt Riker [con man], Steel, Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Yuma
Synopsis: Riker gets himself, Colt, and the Rawhide Kid thrown in jail at Yuma, hoping to rescue his brother, but his brother is already dead; the three of them endure deplorable prison conditions before escaping; Riker simply bribes his way out.
Title: "Death Duel With Dack Derringer"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Kid Colt, Night Rider [formerly Ghost Rider]
Villains: Dack Derringer [all-around nasty guy]
Others: Jamie Jacobs, Steel, Banshee, Mrs. Benson [old woman]
Genre: Western, Super-Hero
Setting: Bison Bend
Synopsis: Colt is shot by Derringer when he discovers him cheating at cards; Carter Slade helps Colt recover, and as the Night Rider, joins Colt in bringing Derringer to justice.
"The Wolf Pack" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#65
"The Promise" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#60
"Fury at Farrow Gap" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#140
"Rustler" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#73
"Dead on his Feet" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#73
"Showdown at Smoke Mesa" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#65