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Title: "Kid Six-Gun"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Pete Morisi
Heroes: Kid Six-Gun [female deputy]
Villains: band of outlaws
Others: Henry [Kid Six-Gun's husband]
Genre: Western
Setting: Last Chance
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#177
Synopsis: Outlaws plan to ambush Kid Six-Gun's wife when he arrives in Last Chance, but were unaware that Kid Six-Gun was a woman; she easily bests them.
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Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#30
"Range War"
"The Last Roundup"
"Six Gun Decision"

Title: "Beware! The Rawhide Kid"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Rawhide Kid [aged 14 and later 18 in origin]
Villains: Spade and Hawk Brown [gunmen]
Others: Ben Bart [former Texas Ranger, uncle of Rawhide Kid, dies], Nightwind [Rawhide Kid's horse]
Genre: Western
Setting: 1864, later 1868 [given that Rawhide Kid was born in 1850], Rawhide, Texas
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#46; Rawhide Kid#86; Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1; Marvel Milestones: Rawhide Kid/Two-Gun Kid
Synopsis: Raised by his uncle Ben, Johnny Bart became the fastest draw in Texas; when Spade and Hawk shoot his uncle from behind, Johnny takes after them, and beats them in a gunfight. Determined to use his uncle's training for the good of the west, Johnny rides off as the Rawhide Kid, to aid others.
Notes: First true appearance of Rawhide Kid.

"Stagecoach to Shotgun Gap"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#137; Rawhide Kid#86; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1; Marvel Milestones: Rawhide Kid/Two-Gun Kid; Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and Arizona Girl#1
"With Gun in Hand"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#55; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1; Marvel Milestones: Rawhide Kid/Two-Gun Kid
"When the Rawhide Kid Turned Outlaw"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#86; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1; Marvel Milestones: Rawhide Kid/Two-Gun Kid

"Shoot-out With Blackjack Bordon"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#136; Mighty Marvel Western#12; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1
"The Defeat of the Rawhide Kid"
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#136; Mighty Marvel Western#12; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1

Title: "Return of the Gunfighter!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Ten-Notch Norton [gunman]
Villains: Ace Link [rival gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1
Synopsis: Norton returns to his hometown after a three-year absence, and Link challenges him to a gunfight; Norton refuses at first, but finally complies, and blasts the gun from Link's hand. It is then revealed that he was afraid he would accidentally kill Link-- he'd been blinded three years earlier.

Title: "The Gunmen of Sundown City!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Grizzly Younger; Patch and Ape [Younger's thugs]
Others: Nightwind, Marshal Ben Carson [retires]
Genre: Western
Setting: Sundown City
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#135; Mighty Marvel Western#13; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1
Synopsis: Younger and his men takeover Sundown City, capturing the marshal; they ask the Kid to join them, and prove his loyalty by shooting the marshal; instead, the Kid sets him free, and the two of them defeat Younger; the marshal retires so he won't be obliged to arrest the Kid
Notes: Younger and his men are friends of Blackjack Bordon, from #20.

"The Gunslinger"
Reprinted In: Outlaw Kid#16; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1; Marvel Westerns: Western Legends#1

Title: "Beware!! The Terrible Totem!!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: The Living Totem [immense wood-like alien]
Others: Nightwind, sheriff, deputies, Injun Tom [native], Ben Bragg [silver mine foreman]
Genre: Western, Science Fiction
Setting: a silver mine on the Pecos Trail
Reprinted In: Gunslingers; Mighty Marvel Western#3; Marvel Westerns: Two-Gun Kid#1; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1
Synopsis: Hiding from the law, the Kid takes a job in a silver mine, but the Living Totem lurks below! Escaping, it goes on a rampage, until the Kid blinds it with gunsmoke, then pushes it off a a cliff.
Notes: The Living Totem returns in West Coast Avengers#18

Title: "Slap Leather, Lawman"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Jess Harper [old lawman]
Villains: Rand Crass [rustler]
Others: Marcy Harper [Jess' wife]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#68; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 1
Synopsis: Harper wins his gunfight when Crass' bullet hits the sheriff's star on his chest.

Title: "The Silent Gunman"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: unnamed gambler
Villains: Yukon Hooper [gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Ringo Kid#12; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 2
Synopsis: Yukon Hooper tries to intimidate a stranger in a bar, but the man is unfazed by him and his threats, and finally scares Hooper off-- then reveals that he's only a gambler, and was bluffing the entire time.

Title: "Riot in Railtown!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: various barflys
Others: Iron John McGraw [sheriff], Mrs. Crawfish [Ladies Cookie Society], Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Railtown
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#14; Mighty Marvel Western#45; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 2
Synopsis: The Kid rides into Railtown looking for a peaceful drink, but is unwillingly dragged into a barfight. McGraw breaks up the others, who blame the Kid for starting it. When McGraw tells the Kid there's a delegation from the Ladies Cookie Society outside, the Kid realizes he can't stand up against angry housewives, and rides out of town. McGraw gets a cookie for his good work.

"When the Kid Went Wild"
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#14; Rawhide Kid#134; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 2
"This is a Gun"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 2

Title: "There's a Shoot-out Comin'!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Sol Brodsky
Heroes: Jeb Rand [amnesiac sheriff]
Villains: Rebel Rand [former Confederate turned outlaw]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Reprinted In: Western Gunfighters#1; Marvel Masterworks: Rawhide Kid Vol. 2
Synopsis: Reb rides into town to have his revenge on Northerners, who he blames for his brother's death in the war; however, the amnesiac sheriff of the town turns out to be his long-lost brother, and the two are happily reunited.

Title: "Bare Knuckles in Boonville!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Keller
Heroes:"Gentleman Jim" Corbett [heavyweight champion of the world]
Villains: tough guys
Genre: Western
Setting: western town
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#51
Synopsis: Corbett is roughed up by tough guys who make fun of him for not carrying a gun. He defeats all of them unarmed, as he is the heavyweight champion of the world.

"Afraid to Shoot"

Title: "The Mob Strikes!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sheriff
Villains: angry mob
Others: Ned Baker [murder suspect]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed frontier town
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw125; Two-Gun Kid#113
Synopsis: A mob forms when the sheriff arrests Baker for suspicion, and they try to break in and kill him, but the victim's wife reveals that her husband died cleaning his gun.

"The Rattler Strikes"

Title: "The Rawhide Kid Meets the Two-Gun Kid"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Two-Gun Kid
Villains: Grizzly [Ace Fester]
Others: Nightwind, Thunder, Sheriff Brett Barton
Genre: Western
Setting: Tombstone, Texas
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#121
Synopsis: The Rawhide Kid is accused of training a grizzly bear to rob the pony express and is defended in Tombstone by Matt Hawk; the Grizzly turns out to be Ace Fester in disguise, and he is unmasked by the Rawhide Kid and Two-Gun Kid.
"The Fastest Draw"
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#25; Two-Gun Kid#85

"Incident at Pecos Pass"

Title: "The Menacing Masquerader!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Carl Hubbell
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: The Masquerader [disguise expert, hired gun], Fats Larson [Masquerader's employer, greedy land-owner, dies]
Others: Packrat Pete [old friend of Johnny Bart's from Rawhide, miner], Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed frontier town
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#119
Synopsis: Larson hires the Masquerader to frighten property owners into selling over to him; when Packrat Pete is shot, the Rawhide Kid gets involved and tries to trap him, but the Masquerader evades capture; when they meet again, the Masquerader accidentally kills Larson himself.
Notes: Continued in next issue.

"The Sheriff's Star" from Rawhide Kid#35

Title: "The Menacing Masquerader Strikes Again!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Carl Hubbell
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt
Villains: The Masquerader [dies]
Others: Nightwind, Steel, Joe Bart [Rawhide Kid's brother]
Genre: Western
Setting: Willow Flats; Ashton
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#7; Rawhide Kid#120
Synopsis: The Masquerader disguises himself as Kid Colt, and shoots the Rawhide Kid's brother; the Rawhide Kid fights Kid Colt, but realizes his mistake, and the two hunt the Masquerader together, who finally falls off a cliff trying to escape them.
Notes: Continued from last issue.

"Too Frigtened to Fight" from Two-Gun Kid#65

Title: "Trapped in the Valley of Doom!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Carl Hubbell
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: guide [impersonates Quatzoma] Xotoc [Aztec schemer]
Others: Nightwind, Anne, Anne's father [archaeologist], Aztec warriors, Itzamu [Axtec chief], Konnu [giant Aztec]
Genre: Western
Setting: Mexico
Synopsis: Rawhide helps Anne rescue her father from temple of surviving Aztec's. Anne's guide collaborates with Xotoc, and masquerades as Quatzoma, using his gun to fool the Aztecs. Rawhide beats the guide with his own guns, and the Aztecs allow him, Anne, and her father to depart.

"Bare Knuckles in Boonville" from Rawhide Kid#36

Title: "Guns of the Wild North!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Carl Hubbell
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: The Acrobat [Joe Clanton, logger, gymnist]
Others: Nightwind, bounty hunters, Sgt. Jonah [mountie]
Genre: Western
Setting: Boissevale, Canada
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#118
Synopsis: The Rawhide Kid flees to Canada, and joins a logging team; one of them is the robber called the Acrobat, and the Kid captures him.

"The Schoolmarm Was a Gent" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#111

Title: "Massacre at Medicine Bend!"
Story: Gary Freidrich, Dennis O'Neil
Art: Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Crazy Bear [Sioux], Laplante [renegade gun supplier, dies]
Others: Nightwind, Bald Eagle [Sioux chief], General George Armstrong Custer
Genre: Nightwind
Setting: June 19, 1876; Medicine Bend, South Dakota
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#131; Mighty Marvel Western#15
Synopsis: Bald Eagle sends the Rawhide Kid to meet with General Custer in the hope of making peace; Custer agrees to a meeting, but renegade Sioux led by Crazy Bear and the white man Laplante attack them; Custer believes the Rawhide Kid and Bald Eagle tricked him, and vows to destroy the Sioux.

"The Bronc Buster" from Two-Gun Kid#63

Title: "Shoot-Out at Mesa City!"
Story: Ron Whyte
Art: Larry Leiber, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Gila Johnson [wrestler] and his gang [gold robbers]
Others: sheriff of Mesa City, Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Mesa City; Hungry-Horse Mesa
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#104
Synopsis: The Kid is approached by Gila, who wants him to join his gang; the Kid refuses, but can't get the local sheriff to trust him; the Kid aids the sheriff anyway, and defeats Gila using judo.

Title: "The Gun That Couldn't Lose!"
Story: Larry Leiber
Art: Larry Leiber, Vince Colletta
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Cheeno Yates [gunman], his partner [wields a watch containing a magnet]
Others: Nightwind, Clay Cooper [local gunman]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western towns
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#104
Synopsis: The Kid is challenged by Yates to a draw, which his partner solicits wagers for; the Kid loses because the partner uses a magnet to freeze his gun's trigger; after learning Yates' secret, the Kid challenges him again, after knocking the partner out. Yates is defeated, and his scam is revealed to the locals.

"Dakota Dixon, the Badman!" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#105

Title: "Dixie-- or Die!!"
Story: Linda Fite
Art: Werner Roth, Herb Trimpe
Heroes: Kid Colt
Villains: Confederate rebels, led by a colonel [die]
Others: Steel
Genre: Western
Setting: Texas hills
Reprinted In: Mighty Marvel Western#45
Synopsis: Kid Colt encounters Confederates planning to refinance the Confederacy by robbing trains. Colt helps the law end their activities, but is disillusioned by the Confederates unwillingness to listen to reason.

"The Hostage of Hungry Hills"

Title: "When Stalks the Cougar!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Sal Buscema
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: The Cougar [Wayde Garrison, strong and agile train robber]
Others: J.S. Garrison [Cougar's father, railroad owner], Ed Dolan [Garrison's security officer], Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: Western America
Synopsis: Rawhide Kid is hired by Garrison to stop the robber Cougar, who proves to be Garrison's own son.

"Slap Leather, Lawman" from Rawhide Kid#22

Title: "The Night of the Betrayers"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, John Tartaglione
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Count Zamora [nobleman from Koslavia, dies], his thugs [includes "Dr. Drudd", masquerading as a tonic dealer]
Others: Nightwind, Prince Stephan [prince of Koslavia], Christina Zamora [the Count's daughter]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town
Synopsis: The Kid is captured by Zamora to impersonate Prince Stephan, his identical twin, but the Kid doesn't take orders, and ends Zamora's scheme.

Title: "Legion of the Lost!"
Story: Archie Goodwin
Art: Werner Roth, John Tartaglione
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Colonel Travis Ramm [Confederate], his "rebels" [Fargo named], Clegg [Ramm's right-hand man], Apaches [allied with Ramm]
Others: Nightwind
Genre: Western
Setting: the west
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#138
Synopsis: The Kid runs into Ramm, who wants to recruit him for an army he's building to reclaim the glory of the Confederacy; the Kid destroys his ammunitions stockpile, and the two duel with sabres, with the Kid victorious; Ramm's men abandon him, and he is left ranting alone.

"Inside the Cave" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#59

Title: "Ride the Savage Land!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, John Tartaglione
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: gang of stage robbers
Others: Nightwind; Mr. Dawson [stage owner], Tom Dawson [Dawson's son]
Genre: Western
Setting: Red Rock; Collinsville
Synopsis: The Kid rides shotgun on a stage, and is sent to escort Tom back to his father; Tom appears to be a coward when men steal from the stage, but in the end, he helps the Kid defeat them.

Title: "Guns Below the Border!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, John Tartaglione
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt
Villains: El Tyrano [bandit leader]
Others: Nightwind, Steel, Pedro [Mexican boy], Teresa [Pedro's sister]
Genre: Western
Setting: Mexico
Synopsis: The Kids journey to a Mexican village beset by El Tyrano, and help overthrow him and his bandits.
Notes: Continued from previous issue.

"And Not a Word Was Spoken!" from Two-Gun Kid#61

Title: "The Young Gun!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, George Roussos
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Clay Murdock [gang leader]
Others: Danny Murdock [brother of Clay, young member of his gang]
Genre: Western
Setting: unnamed western town in a state where Rawhide Kid is not wanted
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#149
Synopsis: The Kid helps reform Danny after capturing him by showing him that his brother is a weak man, through facing Clay in a showdown.

"The Swap" from Two-Gun Kid#59
"The Payoff" from Ringo Kid#17

Title: "I Shot Jesse James!"
Story: Gary Friedrich
Art: Dick Ayers, George Roussos
Heroes: Rawhide Kid
Villains: Bob Ford, bounty hunters, mob
Others: Nightwind, Jesse James [flashback]
Genre: Western
Setting: post-1882
Synopsis: The Rawhide Kid saves Ford from a lynching, not knowing he is the man who shot Jesse James; as they run from bounty hunters together, Ford turns on the Kid, hoping to regain his honor by besting him; the Kid abandons him.

"Ambush" from Quick-Trigger Western#17

Title: "Frontier Fury!"
Story: Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, George Roussos
Heroes: Rawhide Kid, Cole Jessup [fast-talker]
Villains: Fargo and his gang [outlaws, former associates of Jessup]; Hiram Cragstone [ranch owner]
Others: Nora Evans [ranch owner]
Genre: Western
Setting: Nora Evans' ranch
Reprinted In: Rawhide Kid#144
Synopsis: Rawhide Kid meets Cole Jessup, a gunhawk on the run. They go to work for Nora, whose ranch is in danger of being taken from her by Cragstone, who allies himself with Cole's enemies. Together, the Kid and Cole drive them off, and Cole and Nora fall in love.

"A Man And His Gun!" from Kid Colt, Outlaw#95