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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published March 1961
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in October 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Guns of Drago Dalton!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]
Genre western
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw #198 (September 1975)

13 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "The Guns of Drago Dalton!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Drago Dalton; Bragg Harper; Larkin
Synopsis An outlaw tricks Kid Colt into giving himself up to ransack the area while the Kid is in prison. The Kid breaks lose and brings the outlaw to justice.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller
Letters Artie Simek
Notes This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one—"The Trap Is Sprung!" (7 pp), and chapter two—"The Terrible Vengeance of Kid Colt!" (6 pp).
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw #198 (September 1975)

2 page text story "Warpath"

Characters Laird Rance; Sheriff Mark Salter; Jud Miller
Synopsis Odd signs raise the suspicions of settlers about local Indians, but they turn out to be the harmless play of children.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Matt Slade Gunfighter (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (September 1956)

5 page story "Wanted"

Characters Bat Hogan; Nace Parker; Gold-Dust Smith
Synopsis A man who turns outlaw finds that his friends abandon him.
Genre western
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #133 (March 1967); in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #198 (September 1975)

5 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "Hand To Hand!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel
Synopsis A blacksmith tries to capture the Kid, but when the Kid saves his life they become friends.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Western Gunfighters (Marvel, 1970 series) #31 (September 1975)