Two-Gun Kid (1948) 48

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule. "Showdown at Sunset!", script by Stan Lee, art by Al Hartley; The Two-Gun Kid is competing in a shooting competition to raise money for a new school in town; However, Caleb Hooten loudly proclaims that the Two-Gun Kid is nothing but a showoff. "The Day of the Badman!," script by Stan Lee, art by Al Hartley; The Two-Gun Kid is riding along the trail when suddenly he is ambushed by a man wearing a mask who tries to rob him. "Origin of the Two-Gun Kid!", script by Stan Lee, art by Al Hartley; After a long time away from his home of Sundown, Arizona, Clay Harder is bullied by Bull Yaeger, the local trouble maker; After Clay turns some outlaws over to the sheriff, the lawman remarks how Clay is a real "Two-Gun Kid"; Clay decides to take the name and rides off onto the range, wanting to help anyone in need; same plot and dialogue as the story in Two-Gun Kid #41, however the story is done by a different artist and has an entirely different layout. "Little Buckaroo" text story. "War on Rustlers' Range," art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.