Kit Carson (1950 Avon) comic books 1955 or before
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Published 1950 by Avon Publications.$20.00
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Art by Hal Sherman and others. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Stories inspired by the life of the famed frontier scout and other Western tales. Kit Carson joins a wagon train at 16 and eventually saves a Mexican nobles life; His bravery impresses the Blackfeet tribe and makes life safer for the mountain men of the frontier. In the backup story, Chuck tries to roller skate and winds up stopping a gang of robbers. Kit Carson on the Santa Fe Trail; Kit Carson and the Blackfeet Warriors; The Deputy on Wheels; Lame Johnny: Mounted Menace! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1955 by Avon Publications.$7.00
Art by Gerald McCann and Jimmy Thompson. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Stories inspired by the life of the famed frontier scout and other Western tales. This was the second issue under the Comics Code, and features reprints of pre-Code stories hastily edited to omit violence, with panels altered and word balloons relettered. A glimpse of an industry adapting to sudden change. The love between a mountain man and a Blackfeet woman causes trouble with her tribe; Kit strikes back after Comanches abduct settlers. The Tyrant of Fort Disaster!; Kit Carson Fights the Comanche Raiders; The Knives of Doom; On the Warpath; Six-Shooter Serenade. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.



