| Issue | #79 |
| Published | July 1958 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1958. 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. |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt] |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Notes | Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list. |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973) |
| Characters | Kid Colt (origin retold); Steel; Lash Larribee; Dan Colt; Gabby |
| Synopsis | Blaine Colt refuses to wear a gun because he's such a good shot that he's afraid he might kill someone in a moment of rage. When his father is murdered he kills the murderer in a duel and becomes a fugitive from the law. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Jack Keller |
| Notes | This story was first told in issue #11 (October 1950), several details are changed. The setting is changed to Abiline, Wyoming from "Purgatory" and the name of Dan Colt's ranch is changed. Rather than being killed by two corrupt lawmen, Colt's father is killed by a local tough (though he is named "Lash Larribee" in both versions. This version of Kid Colt's origin is retold in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #72 (September 1962). |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973) |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Black Silas |
| Synopsis | A scoundrel tries to blackmail Kid Colt into helping him rob a stagecoach. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Jack Keller |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973) |
| Characters | Samuel Cooper; Ernie "Colt" Manta |
| Synopsis | A sick artist moves to Arizona to recuperate, where he paints the best work of his career and helps catch a cattle rustler. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Gene Colan |
| Inks | Gene Colan |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973) |
| Characters | Jim Cane; Marshal Bart Green; Chuck Hamen [Tug Prague]; Joe |
| Synopsis | A rancher and his friend, a US marshal, bring in the gang that shot the rancher's father. |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Two Gun Western (Marvel, 1950 series) #13 (April 1952) |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Blackjack Craven |
| Synopsis | A gunslinger challenges Kid Colt, but though his draw is faster, his aim is poor. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Jack Keller |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #170 (May 1973) |