Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	April 1965
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Cover ink credit originally given to: Dick Ayers.

Cover Details - "The Origin of the Rawhide Kid!"

Genre	Western
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Chic Stone
Notes	Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Cover ink credit originally given to: Dick Ayers.

17 page Rawhide Kid story "Gunman's Quest"

Characters	Rawhide Kid (origin retold in detail); Mr. Clay (Rawhide Kid's father; death); Mrs. Clay (Rawhide Kid's mother; death); Frank Clay (Rawhide Kid's brother); Joe Clay (Rawhide Kid's brother); Capt. Luther Cragg (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	Rawhide Kid's origin is retold in detail; RK learns his real name.
Genre	Western
Script	Larry Lieber
Pencils	Larry Lieber
Inks	Larry Lieber
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	In Rawhide Kid, The #143 (January 1978)

Half page Marvel Comics promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis	House ad for Kid Colt, Outlaw #122 and Two-Gun Kid #75
Notes	Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.

Half page Statement of Ownership credits

Letters	typeset
Notes	For 1 Oct 1964. Martin Goodman, publisher; Stan Lee, Editor. Average number of copies of each issue sold or distributed: 187,315.

5 page story "The Gunslinger"

Genre	western
Script	Larry Lieber
Pencils	Larry Lieber
Inks	Larry Lieber
Letters	Ray Holloway [Sherigail]

1 page The Merry Marvel Marching Society promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.

1 page Ridin' the Trail with Rawhide letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	A reader comments, "I'm a real old fan of this mag and also of your other two western books, Kid Colt and Two-Gun Kid. I even read books of the 'old' Two-Gun Kid before you remade his character and put a mask on him." Sequence added per Tom Lammers, June 2009.