Kid Colt Outlaw (1948) comic books 1938-1955

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"The Gunfighter and the Girl" and "Cards or Guns--Draw, Kid Colt, or Die!" Two-Gun Kid back-up, "Burning Bullets Blast a Border Town." Syd Shores cover. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Syd Shores. "The Valley of the Werewolf," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt decides to hide out in the town of New Turkey, a recent village set up by Turkish immigrants, in order to hide out from the law in the hopes that the news of his outlaw status has not reached the area; Riding through the forest he hears a man scream and rides to its source, finding a dead man who has had his throat torn out by a wolf of some kind. "Gunman's Folly!" text story. "Trapped in the Hidden Mine!", art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt rides into the town of Chaneyville, a town where outlaws hide out to stay safe from the law; Walking into a local saloon he bumps into another man who tries to start a fight; However, the Kid is a faster draw and shoots him dead; Kid Colt is then approached by a local named Snake Sorenson. A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! "The Things in the Cave!", pencils by Pierce Rice; Tex Taylor and Alkali Ike are relaxing near the train station; Tex reads a story about some men who held up a train and stole $50,000 in Fargo City who are on the loose; Just then a train rolls in and an explorer named Professor Jenkins who is looking for nearby Mayan Ruins. Ike knows the area and the Native Americans call it "The Adobe of the Clawed Devils" because of legends of creatures with claws that come out of the ground like moles. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. "How Kid Colt Became an Outlaw!" origin story, art by Pete Tumlinson; In the town of Purgatory, the law is run by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy Lash Larribee; One day, when Lash is beating up on a local named Gabby, his friend Blaine Colt comes to his aid; Blaine is easily beat down by Lash who mocks Colt for not carrying guns; Blaine is waking up he is suddenly confronted by the sheriff who accuses him of killing his father; The sheriff shoots Gabby and Lash; Before he can shoot Blaine, who he calls "Kid Colt", Colt jumps him. "Stranger in Town" text story. "Paid in Full," art by Werner Roth. "Captured by Comanches," art by Pete Tumlinson; For the past two years US Marshall Bulldog Crandall has been trailing after Kid Colt; Once more his hunt lands him at Kid Colt's camp just hours after he left and finds a mocking message from the outlaw; Crandall vows to capture Kid Colt no matter what, as he always gets his man. He heads toward the town of Thunder Rock unaware that Kid Colt is watching and following him; He pulls into the nearby saloon where he begins talking to the locals about his hunt for Kid Colt. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Flaming Guns," art by Pete Tumlinson; Chip Mandrel and his gang ride through the Oklahoma badlands to get to the Okachee trading post; There they get permission to camp out within the posts walls for the night; Learning how poorly guarded the post is from the owner of the general store, Chip and his gang take over the fort; While going back to where his men are setting up camp, his men discover that there is gold hidden beneath the fort; They then decide to take over the camp instead of simply just robbing it; That night they kill the guards and take the post workers prisoner, forcing them to mine the gold for them; About two weeks later, Kid Colt is riding through the region and spots an overturned stage coach that has been robbed and the riders murdered, the third such wreck he has seen in his recent travels. "Badman Meets the Battle-Cub," art by Russ Heath. "Death Trap," art by Pete Tumlinson; While camping out in Wyoming, Kid Colt hears a gun go off and tracks its source; He spies another outlaw named Moccasin Joe Cass. "The Ghost of Cactus Canyon," art by John Romita. "The Would-Be Outlaw," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the border town of Lasso, Kid Colt is spending some time in a saloon listening to a guitar player; However, his enjoyment is short lived as he gets a sense that there is trouble in the air; Looking out the window he sees the posse that has been chasing him since Alvaregordo are pulling into town; Kid Colt quietly exits out the back of the saloon, but spots some of the posse coming around his way. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by George Tuska. "Gunsmoke Trail!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt has camped out for the night after another day on the run; Both he and his horse Steel are uneasy when, suddenly, Doc Shores and his gang get the drop on him; Shores explains that he and his men need money in order to leave the territory, and have decided to take in Kid Colt for the reward on his head. "The Whistling Bushwhacker" text story. "Riot in Jericho!", art by Pete Tumlinson; While riding across the Marcos Trail, Kid Colt spots a gold coin laying on the hard pan and picks it up; As he continues to along the way, he finds more coins and realizes that someone must be dropping them, and decides to return them to their owner; He follows their trail and tries to stop them men to give the gold back. "The Curse of Boot Hill," art by Don Rico. "The Sheriff of Six-Mile Creek!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Along the Sangre de Cristo trail, Kid Colt sees a wagon train of people fleeing the town of Six-Mile Creek, one of the few towns where he is not considered an outlaw, and is friends with Sheriff Matt Stevens; He learns from those leaving the town that apparently Matt Stevens has changed his ways, and allowed the outlaw Sierra Kane and his gang to take over the town, forcing everyone out; Kid Colt decides to go into Six-Mile Creek to determine what has come over his friend. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "Rustler's Moon," art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is riding into Cave Creek to pick up some provisions from his old friend Zeke Parson, the owner of the general store; He is unaware that he is being watched by Pike Faro and his gang, a group of cattle rustlers that Kid Colt previously tangled with; Pike orders his men to stand down, as Kid Colt's guns are faster than theirs; He tells his men that he has a plan to get the Kid. "Legion of the Dead!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In March 1836, the Mexican army under the command of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led the legendary attack on the Alamo in Texas; Everyone was slaughtered; However, some years later an army of undead Mexican soldiers led by the General himself have appeared to have risen out of the Rio Grande to strike terror on the American side of the border; Kid Colt tracks down his friend Miguel and asks him what he knows about the Legion of the Dead and learns that they have been using a nearby river to cross over into the United States from Mexico. "Law of the Range," art by Pete Morisi. "The Rattler Strikes," script by Stan Lee, art by Ed Moline. "Stampede!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In the town Lasso, Kid Colt and his friend Ike notice the arrival of a group of outlaws that are part of Spider Kane's gang; Realizing that Spider Kane is locked up in the local jail, Ike puts together that his gang is trying to bust him out, prompting Kid Colt to do something about it. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. "Terror in Tombstone," art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is riding along the desert planes when he spots a stagecoach under attack by a band of outlaws; Kid Colt is unable to stop the outlaws from making the coach crash, but manages to force the outlaws to flee under the roar of his superior shooting skills; He finds that the passenger, a US Marshal, has been gravely injured; The Marshal tells Kid Colt that the town of Tombstone has been taken over by an outlaw named Yellowjack Gleason and his gang. "Two-Gun Justice" text story, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. "War Drums in the West"; Kid Colt is spending time with his Comanche friend Running Bear and his tribe, helping them hunt for game; When they arrive back at the Native village, they find that a rival brave named Howling Wolf was apparently unsuccessful at trapping any furs; He blames this ill luck on someone stealing his furs from the traps; Kid Colt, having no use for the pelts he helped catch, offers to give them to Howling Wolf. "The Outlaw," art by George Tuska. "The Hangman of Hutch Hill!", art by Ed Moline; A group of horsemen are stopped while attempting to pass through the town of Hunch Hill; They are stopped by a sentry guard who refuses to let them pass with their cattle without paying a toll of a dollar per head of cattle. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Frisco Foyle and his gang take over the town of Salt Lick, due to the fact that it is the only way through to the south, allowing them to force any cattlemen passing through the area to pay a toll to bring their cattle through the area; However, in the process of taking over the town they are opposed by Kid Colt who tries to fight them off; However, despite shooting down many of Foyle's gang members, their numbers are too large and Kid Colt is knocked over by Foyle on horseback and trampled; Still alive, the outlaw hero is then dragged out into the desert and left to die. "The Cop Went West!" text story, art by Pete Morisi. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Mexican bandit El Jaguar has forced the population of a small town to give tribute to him; However, when one of the villagers complains that they have no food to feed themselves, El Jaguar shoots him dead; Meanwhile, Kid Colt has just rounded up a gang of outlaws for the law, who let him go free as he helped capture criminals that are more trouble than the outlaw hero; He happens into the town of Ramrod Pike where El Jaguar—drunk on tequila—is challenging men to a knife fight. "Gun Crazy," script by Stan Lee, art by Vernon Henkel. Untitled story, art by Ed Smalle, Jr.; A pair of Apache warriors are stalking buffalo unaware that they are being watched by a man named Casco and his men; Casco waits until the Apaches slay the buffalo and shoot the Native American braves dead so they can steal the buffalo fur; This leads to a number of murders of Apache warriors; Eventually, Kid Colt passes through the area and comes across two of the slain Apaches. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt pauses along his travels to watch a group of wild horses frolicking, taking note of the black stallion that leads them and that Steel instinctively wants to join them; Suddenly a gang of horse rustlers begin running the horses into a pen; Not liking how the men are rounding up all the wild horses, Kid Colt rushes to their rescue, freeing them and forcing the men to retreat. "Range Revenge," art by Pete Morisi. "The Lady and the Outlaw!", art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt watches as an eastern woman named Miss Winthrope gets off the Union Pacific train into town to visit her uncle who owns a ranch nearby; The woman is completely put off by the "savages" who live in the west and is irritated to learn that it will take time to get a horse and buggy to take her to her uncle's ranch; She goes into a nearby saloon where two men gawk at her; Insulted, Miss Winthorpe slaps one of the men across the face, but before they can do anything about it, Kid Colt appears and shoots their guns out of their hands. "The Coward!", art by Vernon Henkel. "Four Graves to Fargo!", art by Jack Keller; A fire starts in the town of Fargo as Kid Colt rides into the area; He learns from men fleeing the area that there are women and children trapped in the fire and forces them to go back and help him carry water buckets from the nearby river to put the flames out; With a water line formed, Kid Colt rides into the blazing inferno to look for anyone who might be still trapped in the flames. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Syd Shores. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Marshal Frosty Dance captures Kid Colt and aims to bring him in but finds out he isn't the kind of man he thought he was when they are both attacked by Indians. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt comes upon Cat Hardin's camp and finds a young lady who has been kidnapped; When he frees her Copper Moss mistakenly believes it is so that he can get the ransom money, but he soon discovers that Kid Colt is nothing like him. "Killer In Town" text story. "Rustler's Range," starring Black Rider (Doc Masters), Satan (Black Rider's horse), Gibbs, Carney, and Harwell, art by Dick Ayers. Untitled story, art by George Tuska; Kid Colt stumbles upon an attempt to kill Jed Martin in front of his family by outlaws hired by a rival rancher Frog Rankin; Kid Colt guns the outlaws dead before they can injure Jed and the Kid learns about the situation; Kid Colt then offers to ride them back to their ranch. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Johnny Falcon is about to be strung up on a noose by a lynch mob who has accused him of stealing their cattle; Before he can be hung, Kid Colt intervenes, telling the locals that the man they have accused deserves as fair trial; When they refuse to listen Kid Colt uses his guns to keep Johnny's would-be executioners at bay. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; An elderly ranch owned named Adams and his daughter are being terrorized by men in the employ of Mr. Saunders who has been trying with little success to convince Adams to sell his land and so he has sent me to force him to sell; Just before things get too rough, Kid Colt happens by and intervenes; He beats the leader of the gang senseless and sends them all packing. "Rustler's Noose" text story. Untitled story, art by Dan Loprino; Dr. Matthew Masters is riding through town on his horse Ichabod when he crosses paths with a newcomer named Deuce Dixon; Dixon tells Masters to get out of his way, but when Matthew tells Dixon there is room enough on the road for them to pass, Dixon decides to have fun by slapping Ichabod and sending the horse galloping away and sending Masters tumbling off his horse to the ground; Dixon then tells Masters that he intends to set up a gambling hall in Leadville and rides off. Untitled story, art by Jack Keller; Kid Colt watches a train crossing the new line and decides to race his horse Steel alongside it; However, as he approaches, he sees what appear to be Comanche warriors attacking the train. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; At a gambling house, Kid Colt has come to pull Bob Fletcher out of a scrap with Spade a local gambler and his men, fighting Spade's goons and helping Bob escape; Returning to the home that Bob shares with his sister Sally, both Kid Colt and Sally demand to know why Bob got into a fight. "Ambush!", art by Jack Keller; Camping out for the night, Kid Colt is suddenly attacked by a bear, catching him off guard; Before the bear can harm the outlaw hero it is shot dead by a young boy named Ted and Kid Colt thanks the boy for his help and commends the lad for his quick shooting; Suddenly they are interrupted by Ted's uncle Steve who scolds the boy for wandering off. "Windy Trail" text story. "The Land Grabber!", art by Doug Wildey. Untitled story, pencils by Jack Keller; Riding through a flash flood in a storm, Kid Colt rescues a young girl named Miss Miller who was swept out of her hometown of Mayville when it flooded; Taking her to cover they wait out the storm and the flood and the following morning return to Mayville; There, Kid Colt finds Hoaks and his gang trying to look the town and sends them packing. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.