| Issue | #78 |
| Published | May 1958 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in December 1957. 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. |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Marshal Sam Hawk |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Characters | Kid Colt; Steel; Marshal Sam Hawk (introduction); Joe Morse; Clem |
| Synopsis | Kid Colt is beaten by Sam Hawk and captured, but he escapes while being taken to another town for trial. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Chris Rule |
| Notes | Sam Hawk next appears in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #80 (September 1958). This story is redrawn by Jack Keller as the first six pages of "The Saga of Sam Hawk, Manhunter!" in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #111 (July 1963). Jack Keller inker credit changed to Chris Rule based on information from Tom Lammers [MN 10/2007]. |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #146 (May 1970) |
| Characters | Johnny Perkins; Grandfather Jones |
| Synopsis | A boy looks for for treasure in the hills and finds valuable wild horses in a cave. |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the lead story and second story, while the second page is printed between the second and third stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership. |
| Reprinted | from Outlaw Fighters (Marvel, 1954 series) #5 (April 1955) |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Tom Walker; Mrs. Walker |
| Synopsis | Kid Colt saves the wife of a federal agent sent to catch him. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Chris Rule |
| Notes | Jack Keller inker credit changed to Chris Rule based on information from Tom Lammers [MN 10/2007]. |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #146 (May 1970) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This shares the last page of "Treasure in the Hills". Average sales not printed. |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel; Crow Eye; Crazy Fox |
| Synopsis | Kid Colt helps his blood brother Crazy Fox regain the leadership of the Comanches to stop a war. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Chris Rule |
| Notes | Jack Keller inker credit changed to Chris Rule based on information from Tom Lammers [MN 10/2007]. |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #146 (May 1970) |
| Characters | Luke Randall |
| Synopsis | Luke Randall is saved by a wild horse after he saves one of the other members of the herd. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Alfonso Greene |
| Inks | Alfonso Greene |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #229; in Mighty Marvel Western, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #9 (July 1970) |
| Characters | Kid Colt [Blaine Colt]; Steel |
| Synopsis | Kid Colt endangers himself to save an innocent mistaken for him. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Keller |
| Inks | Chris Rule |
| Notes | Jack Keller inker credit changed to Chris Rule based on information from Tom Lammers [MN 10/2007]. |
| Reprinted | in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #225 (August 1978) |