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Issue Details

Issue #84
Published May 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "On the Trail of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Dr. Ben Masters
Genre western
Pencils John Severin
Inks John Severin

7 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Return of Johnny Ringo!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Johnny Ringo; Injun Red
Synopsis Johnny Ringo calls in a favor to get Kid Colt's help to escape, but the Kid finds another way to repay him and gets a way without Ringo.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Chris Rule
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]

1 page text story "Fair Exchange"

Characters Frank Coswell; Fleet Arrow; Mrs. Grove; Billy Grove; Zeke Grove; Charlie Mason; Jeb Turney
Synopsis A bloody conflict between settlers and the local Indians is averted by the friendship of children.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "The Return of Johnny Ringo!", while the second page is printed between "The Night Riders o Cimarron!" and "Trapped by the Wolf Man!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
Reprinted from Arrowhead (Marvel, 1954 series) #4 (November 1954)

6 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Trail of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk; Dr. Ben Masters; Si Nesbitt (flashback)
Synopsis The Kid risks his life to bring medicine to Sam Hawk.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Chris Rule
Notes Sam Hawk last appeared in issue #80 (September 1958) and next appears in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series #60 (September 1960). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller in as Part 3 of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" titled "Mission Accomplished!" (5 pp) in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #111 (July 1963). Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]

5 page story "The Night Riders of Cimmaron!"

Genre Western
Pencils Doug Wildey
Inks Doug Wildey

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, As Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)"

Letters typeset
Notes This shares the last page of "Fair Exchange". Average sales not printed.

5 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "Trapped By the Wolf Man!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Wolf Man [Roaring Buffalo]
Synopsis The Kid helps the last survivor of an Indian tribe escape to safety.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Chris Rule
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]