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Issue Details

Issue #98
Published May 1961
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in February 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Trapped By King Kobra"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; King Kobra
Genre western
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek

13 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "Trapped By King Kobra!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; King Kobra; Marshal Sam Hawk
Synopsis Kid Colt helps finds out that Sam Hawk plans to attack a dangerous gang, and he brings them down himself to save him.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller
Letters Artie Simek
Notes This story is divided into two parts: chapter one—"Into the Valley of Doom!" (7 pp), and part two—"The Hunter and the Hunted!" (6 pp). Sam Hawk last appears in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #60 (September 1960) and next appears in issue #101 (November 1961).
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #220 (October 1977)

1 page text story "The Return"

Characters Deputy Sheriff Joe Hearsom; Sheriff Cam Hearsom; Ruck Staley
Synopsis The local sheriff worries about the return of a jailed bandit, but the man has reformed and helps do the same with his old gang.
Genre western
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. The first page is split with the statement of ownership.
Reprinted from Ringo Kid Western (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955)

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)"

Letters typeset
Notes Shares the first page of "The Return". Average sales per issue October 1959-September 1960 (issues #89-96): 144,746.

5 page story "The Indian!"

Characters Silent Wolf; Luke Link; Reb Kant
Synopsis An Indian who wants to be a deputy proves himself braver than the white men who scorn him.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Letters Artie Simek

5 page Kid Colt Outlaw story "Showdown At Dawn!"

Characters Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Chance Crane; Clay Crane; Crag Crane
Synopsis Kid Colt outshoots the Crane brothers when they corner him in a hotel.
Genre western
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Keller
Inks Jack Keller
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #220 (October 1977)