| Issue | #86 |
| Published | September 1959 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in May 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. |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; El Lopo |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | John Severin |
| Inks | John Severin |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Characters | Kid Colt; Steel (horse); El Lopo (introduction) |
| Synopsis | Kid Colt is sent to Mexico by the governor to retrieve some papers that were stolen by El Lopo, Mexico's greatest bandit. He succeeds, and saves a Mexican village from El Lopo's bandits. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Chris Rule |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This story is divided into three chapters: chapter one—"Mission: Find El Lopo!" (7 pp), chapter two—"At the Mercy of El Lopo!" (5 pp) and chapter three—"End of a Mission!" (3 pp). Inker credit changed from Jack Keller based on information from Tom Lammer. [MN 10/2007] |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #130 (September 1966); in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #12 (January 1971); in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #216 (March 1977) |
| Characters | Black Rider [Matthew Masters]; Satan (horse); Carver; Mr. Warren |
| Synopsis | The Black Rider saves a prominent citizen from a blackmailer. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | This is the last original Black Rider story. The story before this one was in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #51 (March 1959). |
| Reprinted | in Western Gunfighters (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (June 1971) |
| Characters | Rufus Barton; Joe Bigart; Brad Harvey; Walt Kubik; Len Wadsworth |
| Synopsis | Mysterious tracks attributed to 'ghost sheep' are really causes by unusual horseshoes. |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Six-Gun Western (Marvel, 1957 series) #4 (July 1957) [originally titled "The Ghostly Prints"] |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Moose Morgan |
| Synopsis | Moose Morgan tries to beat the Kid when he's exhausted, but he saves himself and uses Moose to distract his pursuers. |
| 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] |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #152 (February 1971) |