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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "Trapped by El Lopo!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; El Lopo
Genre western
Pencils John Severin
Inks John Severin
Letters Artie Simek

14 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "Trapped by El Lopo!"

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)

5 page Black Rider story "Meeting At Midnight!"

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)

2 page text story "Deep Gulch Mystery"

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"]

4 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Menace of Moose Morgan!"

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)