Rawhide Kid (1955) comic books 1954-1956

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Untitled Rawhide Kid story, art by Bob Brown and Joe Maneely; first appearance of the Rawhide Kid; Hearing gunshots, the Rawhide Kid rides his horse to a ranch where the rancher is being bushwacked by rustlers; Despite his interference the Rawhide Kid fails to prevent the owner of the ranch from being shot dead. "The Menace of White Face!", art by Bob Brown; While riding across a rope bridge, Randy falls off his horse and almost goes over the edge, but the Rawhide Kid quickly rescues the boy with his lasso. "Wrong Man" text story. "The Death of Wyatt Earp!", art by Bob Forgione; Sheriff Wyatt Earp had cleaned out the town of Abilene, however while on a two week vacation outlaw Moose Morrill and his gang sought to take it over by first eliminating him. "The Sioux Attack!", art by Bob Brown; The Rawhide Kid and Randy come across a man who has been killed by Sioux Native American warriors, Rawhide tells his young ward to stand back since the Sioux must have left the dead man out as a trap, and sure enough his hunch proves right when they are attacked by a band of Sioux warriors. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Hangman's Justice!", art by Bob Brown; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are riding along the range when they witness a man being kidnapped; The Kid and Clayton are shot at when they rush to the man's rescue and although they kill one of the kidnappers the other escape with their victim. "Six-Gun Scholar!", art by Bob Brown; While riding across the range, the Rawhide Kid is shocked when a pair of men rope up Randy off his horse with a lasso; The Kid shoots the rope free and learn that they are truant officers who then try to use strong arm tactics to find out why Randy isn't in school. "Trouble on the Trail" text story. "The Last Victim of Husk Grant!", art by Harry Anderson. "Ambush Gang!", art by Bob Brown; On his way home from school, Randy is ambushed by a group of men who then take him prisoner for their boss; When the Rawhide Kid learns that Randy went missing after class, the Kid searches for the boy, learning he was bushwhacked but cannot find the trail; At the local saloon shortly thereafter, the Rawhide Kid is approached by one of the gang with a note written by Randy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Six-Gun Lesson!", art by Bob Brown; The Rawhide Kid is riding when he is attacked by a gang of horse rustlers who seek to steal his horse Apache; The Kid fights them off and they find him too much of a match and flee the scene; Feeling that his ward Randy Clayton might in be danger, the Rawhide Kid pays a visit to the school to learn that none of the boys had arrived in class, troubling the Kid. "The Rustlers!", art by Bob Brown; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are fording across a river when suddenly Randy and his horse Smokey are swept up in the currents and dragged down stream; The Kid tries to rescue Randy, but the rapids are too strong and Randy disappears. "The Search" text story. "The Easy Way!" Untitled story, art by Bob Brown; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are riding along Slide Mountain in a region the Native Americans have called the Valley of 1000 Shadows where they just narrowly avoid a rock slide; The slider reveals a large vein of green gold including a Native American hammer also bound in the gold; They take it into nearby town of Del Oro to be appraised; There the Rawhide Kid tells Randy to keep the location of the find a secret. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. "The Broken Spur!", art by Bob Brown and Joe Maneely (splash page); When Juddy Hayes, a classmate of Randy Clayton, is determined to free his father from jail after he has been accused of murdering Mr. Grayson at the bank, Randy goes to warn his mentor the Rawhide Kid; The Rawhide Kid rushes into town and stops Juddy before he can set off explosives that would free his father from jail; He then rushes Juddy out of town where the boy tells the Rawhide Kid and Randy what happened the day his father was arrested: That his father went into the bank to see Mr. Grayson alone, Juddy heard two gunshots and went in. "Flaming Gem!", art by Bob Brown; Randy Clayton is playing marbles with his friend using a corker that a pair of outlaws named Slade and Kincaid recognize as fire opals; They approach Randy and as him about his corker and he tells them that he found it down by the river with a number of other similar rocks; Unaware of the value of his corker, Randy lets the men take a closer look at it; When they offer to buy it off Randy, he refuses and the men take it anyway tossing pennies at Randy and his friend; When Randy tries to fight to get his corker back, the Rawhide Kid arrives. "Brand for Trouble" text story. "The Kid's Last Ride!", art by Chuck Miller. Untitled story, art by Bob Brown and Joe Maneely (splash page); While camping out for the night the Rawhide Kid wakes up to find a cougar attempting to attack their horses; Although the Rawhide Kid manages to shoot the cougar dead, Randy's horse Smokey is too frightened to be useful anymore and the Kid has to tell his ward that Smokey needs to be put out to pasture; After dropping Smokey off at a rancher friend, the Rawhide Kid takes Randy into the town of Jackspir to find a new horse. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Outcasts," art by Bob Brown; While out riding with his ward Randy Clayton, the Rawhide Kid spots campfire smoke coming from Comanche territory; Believing that the Comanches would not like trespassers on their land, the Kid and Randy go to investigate; They come across a group of men trying to steal furs trapped by the Rawhide Kid's old friend Java Joe and sends them packing; Freeing Java, the Rawhide Kid invites him to come back home with them. "King Cobra!", art by Bob Brown; While out riding, the Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton come across a strange snake that they have never seen before; Spooking Randy's horse causing the boy to be thrown from his steed, the snake is about to strike but is shot dead by the Rawhide Kid; The Kid and Randy take the snake back to Greg Tate, a retired professor who tells them that the snake is a Hooded King Cobra the most deadliest reptile in the world. "Treasure Trail" text story. "The Man From Nowhere!", art by Jack Keller. "Desperate Hour!", art by Bob Brown; While out for a ride the Rawhide Kid and his ward Randy Clayton hear the pained cries of a mountain lion echoing through the range, the pair then split up to try and find the source of the noise; Randy finds the big cat first and notices that it is caught in a bear trap. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Quicksand!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid and his young ward Randy Clayton are out on a ride when they spot a coyote chasing a rabbit near a patch of quicksand; They watch as the rabbit tricks the coyote into following him into the quicksand, the coyote gets stuck but the rabbit manages to flee; After saving the coyote from the quicksand, the Kid and Randy decide to investigate how the rabbit managed to survive. "Showdown" text story. "Six Gun Lesson!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid happens past the ranch owned by a man named Barlow and witnesses him whipping one of his horses; Disliking how the horse is being treated the Kid pulls his gun and shoots the whip and then roughs up Barlow and his men; When he notices that all the horses have the Circle Q brand on them, Barlow tells the Kid that he bought the horses fair. "Sting of the Hornet!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid is out for a ride where he comes across a dead body; Suspecting who the dead man might be, the Kid cannot know for sure because the man's guns are missing; After burying the dead man the Rawhide Kid returns to town and finds it under alert due to a sighting of an outlaw gunslinger named the Hornet. "Untamed!" "Trail to Ruin!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid comes upon a freshly robbed stage coach and frees the tied up riders learning that they were robbed by a bunch of young kids. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Fred Kida. "The Lost Mine!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid is spying on the Fargo gang through a skylight in an abandoned building but can't make out what they are saying; Getting closer to the skylight causes a piece of broken glass to fall down, alerting them to his presence; The Kid smashes through the skylight; While he manages to shoot the guns out of the outlaws hands, they manage to knock him out and leave the Rawhide Kid tied up. "Showdown!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are out riding on the range they come across a man tied to his horse; Going to his aid, they find that he is still alive and revive him; They learned that he was roughed up by a local gambler named Haskins. "Trapped!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are out riding when they spot the drive team of a wagon running loose, they chase after the horses and get them to stop; They then follow their trail back to the wagon they came from and treat the driver and pull his wagon up right; They learn take him to Fort Slater, where he tells the captain that his escort at Blacksnake Mesa attacked him and robbed him of his supply of weapons. "Teacher's Trail" text story. "The Coward!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Gray Morrow. "Gold Strike!", art by Dick Ayers; While riding into town the Rawhide Kid is told by some of Randy's friends that his ward is sick at the doctors; The Kid goes to the doctor and learns that young mister Clayton is sick from eating too much candy; When asking Randy how he got so much candy, Randy reveals that he struck gold and used some of it to buy the candy; Just as Randy is telling the Kid that he found the gold at Snake Creek, the Kid realizes that someone is spying at the window. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. "Powder Keg!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid comes across his ward Randy Clayton and his friend playing with sticks of dynamite; Just as Randy throws one the Kid catches it and then gathers up all the sticks scattered around and douses them in a nearby river; Suspecting that a passing stage might have dropped them, the Rawhide Kid takes the boys into town to talk to the sheriff about it. "Escape" text story. "The Raiders!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid rides into town to find that Sheriff Pack Tilford has been replaced by a man named Wildcat Garney who has put out an ordinance demanding that all citizens of Shotgun City turn in their guns; Believing in his Constitutional right to bear arms, the Rawhide Kid refuses to turn over his guns; He clashes with Wildcat and his men. "The Little Avenger!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid just narrowly fails to stop a gang of outlaws who have just robbed a stagecoach carrying ten thousand dollars in gold bars; Soon after, while the Kid's ward Randy Clayton is out for a ride he comes across the outlaws burying their stolen loot in the ground. "Notch Morgan, Gun-Fighter!", art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. "Outlaw's Ambush!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; In the streets of Mesquite the Rawhide Kid spots a man about to be bushwhacked and shoots the guns out of his attacker's hands; It turns out they attacked the man--named Carter--due to the fact that he was once arrested for robbing a stagecoach, he spent 3 years in Yuma pen despite insisting that he was innocent of the crimes; Carter decides to leave, but the Rawhide Kid doesn't believe he should leave if he was innocent of the crime. "Duty Trail" text story. "Pecos Justice!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid is present during the trial of Trigger Flaig; Expecting a guilty verdict he and the rest of the court room is shocked when Judge Jim Blake finds him innocent; When the locals try to react violently against Blake, the Kid stops them reminding them that they have to respect the decisions of the law. Untitled story, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid and Randy spot buzzards flying in the sky and race to their location to find a stagecoach that was apparently attacked by Comanches; Finding the crew of the stagecoach they also believe it is the work of Comanches. "The Judge!", script by Stan Lee, art by Hy Fleishman. "Winner Take All!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; The Rawhide Kid pays a visit to the gambling den of Faro Price and orders him to takes his crooked games and leave town after he cheated a local rancher out of his ranch and live stalk; The Kid plays a high stakes game risking Randy Clayton's education on who can draw the higher card. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. "The Man in the Black Stetson!", pencils by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid comes across a man named Anson wearing a unique black Stetson on the trail about to be bushwhacked by a pair of gunmen and stops them; The two men then claim that they mistook the rider for someone else; The man notes that this is the second time he was attacked by someone and joins the Rawhide Kid in bringing the shooters to the jail in Shotgun City. "Deep Gulch Mystery" text story. "Ghost of Bull Run!", pencils by Dick Ayers; The sheriff rushes to the home owned by the Rawhide Kid and tells the Kid and his ward Randy Clayton that someone has broken the the Kelsey gang; They return to Shotgun City too late to stop the outlaws from escaping but the Kid much to the annoyance of the locals; However, the Rawhide Kid finds tracks that they can trail but soon the trail runs cold forcing them to return town to learn that a gambling syndicate has set up in town while they were gone. "Blind Justice!", pencils by Dick Ayers; In a lawless town the Rawhide Kid is confronted by a man seeking to get out of town and is willing to shoot the Kid and steal his horse to get it; The Kid offers up his horse, but when the gunslinger tires to leave, Apache bucks him off. When the Kid subdues the would-be horse thief and asks where the law is and is laughed at. "Man On the Run!", script by Stan Lee. "Showdown in Shadow Gap!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid is returning to Shotgun City and finds two men blocking his path in Shadow Gap; When they refuse to let him pass, the Kid lets his guns do the talking and sends them packing, but they vow to get back at him; Not liking the looks of the two characters he just encountered, the Rawhide Kid decides to follow them and see what they are up to. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. "Six-Gun Thunder!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid has cornered a young outlaw named Jack Bell in a shack; When Jack uses up all of his bullets, the Kid pretends to have been struck, tricking the boy into coming out; He subdues Jack and believing that the boy can redeem himself asks why he has become an outlaw. "Mysterious Stranger" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Wanted: Dead or Alive!", art by Dick Ayers; The Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton witness a man tied to his horse galloping into town; Checking him they find the man clinging to life and bring him to Dr. Garret for treatment; Sending Randy to get the sheriff, the Rawhide Kid checks the man's belonging and learns that he is a US Marshal from Shawnee county who had a warrant out for the Shand gang with a message "dead men can't serve warrants!" written on it by Clem Shand the leader of the gang. Untitled story, art by Dick Ayers; A gang of outlaws smash the tax office of Shotgun City, escaping with the paperwork the tax collector had been compiling on back taxes and escape; When the Rawhide Kid comes to see what the commotion was about, he learns about the various tax dodgers that are holed up Bushwhacker County. "Showdown!", script by Stan Lee, art by Syd Shores. "Retribution!", pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Dick Ayers; Riding into town during a storm, the Rawhide Kid is greeted by Sheriff Ben Yarby who tells the Kid that a freak lightning strike managed to free Bat Kimball out of his cell, however they hope to capture him as the lightning had blinded him and they go out searching for him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.