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Issue Details

Issue #82
Published January 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in September 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.

Cover Details - "Kid Colt Meets Jesse James"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Jesse James
Genre western
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks George Roussos
Notes Pencils credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 February 2005); the original indexer credited Jack Kirby.

7 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Outlaw and the Lady!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Sally-Mae; Bronc Porter
Synopsis Kid Colt meets a woman who seems to be falling for him, and he acts badly so that she won't love an outlaw.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Chris Rule
Notes Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]

4 page story "Return of the Topeka Kid!"

Characters Sheriff Tom Evans; Topeka Kid
Synopsis A sheriff stops the son of a famous outlaw from taking revenge on the man who gunned his father down.
Genre western
Pencils Al Hartley
Inks Al Hartley

8 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Kid Meets Jesse James!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Jesse James
Synopsis Jesse James helps Kid Colt escape capture, and the Kid returns the favor.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Chris Rule
Notes Going by the caption at the end and the date of Jesse James death, this story took place on March 23, 1881. Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007]

2 page text story "Water Trail"

Characters Rod Fleeter; Brad Folsam; Joel Pearson; Sam Higgins
Synopsis A school teacher saves the cattle-ranchers of his community by finding the right location to drill a well.
Genre western
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #64 (September 1956)

4 page The Outlaw Kid story "Challenge on Main Street!"

Characters Outlaw Kid [Lance Temple]; Ferris; Duke
Synopsis The Kid lets a bandit escape to track him back to his hideout and capture the whole gang.
Genre western
Pencils Doug Wildey
Inks Doug Wildey
Notes This is the first new Outlaw Kid story published since the cancellation of his series in the "Atlas Implosion". The next new Outlaw Kid story was published in Wyatt Earp (Marvel, 1955 series) #24 (August 1959).