Comic books in 'Cowboy', graded by CBCS

It's the most sensational showdown of all time! Bat Lash! Cinnamon! Jonah Hex! And Scalphunter! Versus the Justice League of America! "Once upon a Time in the Wild Wild West..." is written by Gerry Conway, with art by Don Heck and Brett Breeding. Characters: Superman [Earth-1]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Zatanna; Elongated Man; Flash [Barry Allen] (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Jonah Hex; Cinnamon; Scalphunter; Bat Lash; green kryptonite; Lord of Time (villain). Cover by Ross Andru and Romeo Tanghal. Cover price $0.60.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. In this 44-page issue titled "Crisis from Yesterday!," (story line continues in #160) the annual team-up for the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America takes place. This year it seems like a one-sided battle as the JLA/JSA take on the heroes out of DC's historical epochs--Jonah Hex, Viking Prince, Miss Liberty, Black Pirate and Eneny Ace. Written by Gerry Conway with art by Dick Dillin and inks by Frank McLaughlin. This issue features Superman I and II, Silver Age Batman, Green Lantern I and II, SA Green Arrow, Wonder Woman I and II, the SA Flash I and II, the SA Black Canary, the SA Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite, Star-Spangled Kid, Hawkman and Hawkgirl, the Elongated Man, and the SA Red Tornado. That's quite a lineup! Cover price $0.50.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Jonah Hex, Batlash, Cinnamon, Scalphunter. Cover price $0.60.

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Written by Adam Beechen. Art by Gordon Purcell & Bob Petrecca. Cover by Ty Templeton. Wonder Woman, Elongated Man and Vigilante track a sinister time traveller back to the Old West. But it's going to take the help of Jonah Hex, Bat Lash and El Diablo for them to stand a chance against the Time Commander! Guns are a ?blazin' in "The Justice Rangers Ride Again!" 32 pg, FC. Cover price $2.25.

Elseworlds. This Prestige one-shot sets the JLA in the Wild West where rich industrialist Maxwell Lord seeks to build the first cross-continental railway. In his way stands Paradise, a small town almost forgettable if not for its legendary sheriff, Diana Prince. The West's only lawwoman, Prince soon finds her town destroyed and sets out to stop the man-machine responsible: Lord Havoc! In her quest she enlists the help of a motley team of gunslingers: Kid Flash, the fastest gun in the West; Katar Johnson, Cheyenne shaman with a mystic wing-harness; Booster Gold, maverick gambler for hire; and Beetle, the wild-eyed inventor. Together they trek to Helldorado and the inevitable confrontation with Lord, meeting a slew of western versions of DCU heroes and villains. Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray. Cover by John Van Fleet. FC, 64 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

"Gunfight at Coyote Corral." Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Chic Stone, inks by Mike Royer. Hollywood filmmaker Louis B. Mogul holds Dr. Canus hostage and forces Kamandi to star in a Western. Cover price $0.30.

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Katy Keene Notepad (circa 1950) appears unused. Katy is the best-known creation of cartoonist Bill Woggon, who depicted her high-fashion world in a style that glittered so brightly, you could almost read it in the dark. A couple of Katy's contemporaries, Patsy Walker and Millie the Model, may have outlasted her, but in her time, nobody doubted Katy was the queen of glamorous comic book women. 5.5" x 8.5".

Ken Maynard in Western Justice (1938 Whitman BLB) #1430 Irwin Myers art. Hardcover book; 3.5-in. x 4.5-in.; black and white; 432 pages.

Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" Corrupt lawyer Silas Crocker, seeking a lost Spanish treasure, joins forces with outlaw Gunsmoke, setting Ken on his trail. Crocker uses stolen money to frame Ken for Gunsmoke's crimes, then tries to burn down the jail with Ken in it. Jeeter has a talking horse, Ya-Ta-Ta, but the horse only wants to insult people, and worse than that, he's smarter than the cowboys around him. Poor Polly; The Outlaw Treasure Trail!, Part 1: Blazing Guns; Fool's Gold; Part 2: Undercover Danger; Jeeter: The Horse Trade; Part 3: Battle Against the Badmen. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" As the opening panel says, "Badmen have long plagued the old West, fighting with fang and claw against the law, gathering illicit loot! But a new kind of bandit leader arises, far more cunning and dangerous than before, using the inventions of science in his ruthless raids! Ken Maynard, heroic adventurer of the wild West, finds himself matching wits with Doc Daggard, mastermind badman of all time!" No improving on that, except to add that instead of a horse, Doc Daggard rides an elephant equipped with a Gatling gun! Sassy Sam; The Invasion of the Badmen!; Spiff and Spann; Deputy Dan; The Kid; Jumping Jehosophat: The Not So Square Dance; Bird Brain Byrd. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. "The Pied Piper of The West" Chapter I…The Animal Invasion, script by Otto Binder, art by Carl Pfeufer; Almost every night some farm would get raided by rabbits; Then a Pied Piper shows up and offer his help to get rid of the rabbits, by using his flute. "Soft Touch"; Jeeter wants a cup of coffee, but has only a hundred dollar bill. "The Pied Piper of The West, Chapter II" The Coyote Peril, script by Otto Binder, art by Carl Pfeufer; After being flung into the river by Piper and his gang, Ken is saved by his horse, Tarzan. Untitled story; Sluff and Duff are out to take a picture. "Revenge in Red Canyon" text story by Al Packer. "The Pied Piper of The West" Chapter III The Mountain Lion Menace, art by Carl Pfeufer; Ken is chased by a herd of stampeding sheep, and is later trapped by the Piper in a corral full of mountain lions. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Bradley Burke. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" Framed by outlaws, Ken finds himself pursued by a sheriff and his posse, and he must elude them before he can try to clear his name. Jeeter tells his talking horse, Ya-Ta-Ta, about his football career. A gold prospector finds oil instead, and Ken must protect him from outlaws who want to jump his claim. Sassy Sam; The Outlaw Hoax!; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: The Conditioner; Night Riders; Sagebrush; The Battle For Black Gold; Bird Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and Bradley Burke. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" In a three-part story, Ken seeks the hidden outlaw outpost known as Badman City, where lawmen are on wanted posters and the bank is full of stolen gold. But first he must survive a plunge into a pit filled with rattlers. Once he arrives, he is captured by an outlaw posse and sentenced to hang for upholding the law. Bird Brain; The Mystery of Badman City, Chapter One: The Badland Horrors; The Silent Rancher; Chapter Two: the Outlaws Trail; Chapter Three: Gunmens Battleground; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: The Narrow Pass; Sassy Sam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Carl Pfeufer. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" In a three-part story written by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder, Ken discovers that outlaws are cutting down California's giant redwoods for nefarious reasons. But in the era before conservation laws, he must take action himself to save the 1000-year-old trees. He's aided by his old pal Herman the Hermit and Herman's pet mountain lion, Cuddles. Sassy Sam; The Redwood Robbery!, Chapter 1: Danger in the Giant Forest; The Silent Rancher; Chapter Two: Terror in the Treetops; Cheat!; Chapter Three: The Forest Battle; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: With and Without Wit; Bird Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Carl Pfeufer. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" In a three-part story written by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder, Ken agrees to guide two artists to the legendary Seven Wonders of the West. In order to get there, they must cross the Mankiller Badlands, from which no white man has ever returned. But one of the artists has a sinister plan, and joins forces with outlaw Grizzly Gus. Plus a Shazam dot-to-dot puzzle! The Seven Wonders of the West!, Chapter 1: Into the Unknown; Bird Brain; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: The Big Difference; Chapter 2: The Badland Horrors; Sassy Sam; Terrible Temper; Chapter 3: The Greatest Wonder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Otto Binder and Carl Pfeufer. Bygone movie cowboy Maynard stars in offbeat stories that set this Fawcett book apart from run-of-the-mill Western comics. Instead of "Hi-yo, Silver," Ken directs his horse Tarzan to "Bite wind, Tarzan!" In a three-part story written by Supergirl co-creator Otto Binder, Ken has a front-row seat as a volcano erupts in the Old West. As the landscape tears itself apart, Ken rescues hapless settlers, but gets trapped by deadly lava flows. Tarzan the horse is with him...but can even Tarzan outrun an avalanche? The Mighty Mountain Menace!, Chapter 1: Geological Horror; Bird Brain; Jeeter and His Talking Horse Ya-Ta-Ta: Too Big For His Horseshoes; Chapter 2: Gold Stampede; Sassy Sam; Coward's Courage; Chapter 3: Subterranean Trap. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK black and white reprints. "Invasion of the Badmen" from Ken Maynard Western #2; plus Young Eagle, Rawhide Hotchkiss, Bob Colt, and Golden Arrow stories. 7-1/8 in. x 9-3/4 in.; black and white; 68 pages. No date (1950s?).

"Bleeding Kansas, Part 1." The first part of this 12-issue series establishes how the Kents (Superman's adoptive family) move to Kansas, where Luther Reid murders Silas Kent. Script by John Ostrander, pencils by Timothy Truman, inks by Michael Bair. Cover by Truman. Cover price $2.50.

Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola and Charles Quinlan. Reprints of Alfred Andriola's detective comic strip Kerry Drake and other adventure tales. This issue features reprints from Dec. 23, 1943 - March 6, 1944. As the town is terrorized by a figure with no face, Kerry wonders if it is actor Victor Apollo, disfigured in a car wreck and seeking revenge on his unfaithful wife. US forces are assigned to take out a bridge in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II. Plus Dotty Dripple. Fun cover by an unknown artist features a costume party terrorized by the Faceless Horror. Kerry Drake Trails the Faceless Horror; Burma Bridge Busters; Dotty Dripple. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Key Comics Giveaway covers containing other comic interiors from different publishers; this issue contains a Patsy Walker comic. Note: Cover changed each year. Many combinations are possible. Distributed in Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas.

Written by TOM DEFALCO Penciled by RICK BURCHETT Cover by LUKE ROSS Framed for murder, Blaine Cole, one of Marvel's original western heroes saddles up to ride again as KID COLT! Against a deadly bounty hunter, a corrupt Sherriff and the scavengers of the west, odds are against the Kid and his ally, the steady-shooting Everrett Hawkmoor. But that's the way they like 'em. By Tom DeFalco (AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL) and Rick Burchett (SHE-HULK). 48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99 Cover price $3.99.

Kid Colt in He Lived by His Guns (Wisco Mini-Comic) is a promotional giveaway distributed by a variety of merchants including Wisco "99" Service Stations, Carnation Malted Milk, Klarer Health Wieners, Fleers Dubble Bubble Gum, Rodeo All-Meat Wieners, Perfect Potato Chips, & others. Back cover blank or printed with information about participating sponsor. 24 pages, full color, 7-in. x 3.5-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

"The Gunfighter and the Girl" and "Cards or Guns--Draw, Kid Colt, or Die!" Two-Gun Kid back-up, "Burning Bullets Blast a Border Town." Syd Shores cover. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

"Colt-Quick Killers for Hire," "Gold and Guns at Roaring Gulch," "Reign of the Colt-Quick Clan," and "Trail's End on Blue Water." Tex Morgan back-up, "Ghost Town Gunnies Strike!" Syd Shores cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

"Six-Gun Deadline," "Fight or Crawl, Outlaw," "Bushwacker's Boomerang," and "The Giant of the Badlands." Tex Taylor back-up, "The Killers of Abilene!" One-page editorial by the Marvel Comics editors responding to Dr. Wertham's beliefs about the negative impact of comics upon children. Syd Shores cover. 52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores, inks by John Buscema. "Sign of the Scarecrow," pencils by Mike Becker and Syd Shores; The Scarecrow has been forcing local cattle owners to sell him their beef cheap; When he confronts Herb Latimer demanding he sell his cows at $2 a head, Latimer refuses and is gunned down. "Blaze Calls a Bluff," inks by Mike Becker; Blaze Carson is watching over a poker game at the saloon during a rainy night and takes not how banker Morton is having a string of bad luck and is losing big time; Suddenly, there is an explosion at the bank which sends Carson and Morton to investigate. "Mystery of the Missing Mine" text story, pencils by Syd Shores. "His Greatest Gamble," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt is riding in the desert when he comes across a tenderfoot out in the heat just about ready to be buzzard meat; Giving the man some water and riding him back to Wolf Pass, Kid Colt learns that the man is named Jon Cannon who arrived in town the day before and was tricked into gambling and was cleaned out by Hawk Rowan, a local gambler, and made broke. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores. "The Valley of the Werewolf," art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt decides to hide out in the town of New Turkey, a recent village set up by Turkish immigrants, in order to hide out from the law in the hopes that the news of his outlaw status has not reached the area; Riding through the forest he hears a man scream and rides to its source, finding a dead man who has had his throat torn out by a wolf of some kind. "Gunman's Folly!" text story. "Trapped in the Hidden Mine!", art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt rides into the town of Chaneyville, a town where outlaws hide out to stay safe from the law; Walking into a local saloon he bumps into another man who tries to start a fight; However, the Kid is a faster draw and shoots him dead; Kid Colt is then approached by a local named Snake Sorenson. A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! "The Things in the Cave!", pencils by Pierce Rice; Tex Taylor and Alkali Ike are relaxing near the train station; Tex reads a story about some men who held up a train and stole $50,000 in Fargo City who are on the loose; Just then a train rolls in and an explorer named Professor Jenkins who is looking for nearby Mayan Ruins. Ike knows the area and the Native Americans call it "The Adobe of the Clawed Devils" because of legends of creatures with claws that come out of the ground like moles. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. "Trapped Between Two Fires!", art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt is visiting his friend Clay Tindell who shows him the Brain's newly constructed castle; Tindell tells the Kid that the Brain fancies himself some sort of king and has hired on every bloodthirsty gunhawk in the area to be part of his private army; Spotting smoke not far away, Clay and Kid Colt ride out to check it out and catch some of the Brain's men burning down Clay's ranch; The pair gun down the men responsible; Kid Colt decides that it is time to talk to the Brain and rides out to the castle. "The Coward" text story. "King of the Valley"; Nimo is out in the wilderness protecting his domain; His mate Tama and her cubs are attacked by an eagle, but Tama defends her cubs; Tama meanwhile spots a black bear in his territory and battles the creature; This attracts the attention of a ranch owner who witnesses the battle; When Nimo kills the bear, his ranch hand offers to shoot and kill Nimo, but the rancher declines, telling him that Nimo does more to protect his herd than he ever could possibly do. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Ambush in Lone Valley!", art by Russ Heath; Kid Colt has taken cover in an abandoned cabin when he is confronted by a fellow outlaw named Flash and his employer Mr. Cullen; Cullen offers Kid Colt the opportunity to join his posse in going in an mowing down a nearby town of Mexican immigrants so that they can take the water that local ranchers need. "Sam Bass" Scrapbook of the West non-fiction story. "Death Waits in the Shadows!", art by Russ Heath; Easterner Richard Hamilton and his daughter Helen have come west to inherit the Long Gulch Ranch; When they try to get a carriage to the location of the ranch they are told that it is haunted and everyone who has owned or worked on it has either been killed or fled. "The Lady and El Diablo" text story. "His Fight for Life!", pencils by Bill Walsh; Nimo protects his family from a tiger that escaped from the circus. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Man From Nowhere," pencils by Gene Colan, Joe Maneely, and Syd Shores, inks by Joe Maneely; After escaping the authorities once more, Kid Colt seeks cover coming across a farm house; There he asks if he can stay for the night and get some food; Kid Colt follows some thieves and eventually gets shot at by some of the gang. "The Meanest Man in the World!", pencils by Syd Shores and Joe Maneely, inks by Joe Maneely; In the town of Blessing, Sheriff Lee Jackson runs a rough form of the law that is brutal, but by the books; One day he catches his son Stan giving water to a prisoner and scolds his boy for being too soft; Kid Colt is on the run from the law and is winged by a bullet but manages to escape. "Gunshot Trail" text story, pencils by Gene Colan, Joe Maneely, and Syd Shores. "A Matter of Pride!", art by Joe Maneely; Kid Colt is riding through a forest when he spots a wanted poster offering a $100 reward for his capture, dead or alive; Seeing that the wanted poster was written by Sheriff Jeff Pace of Last Chance City, Kid Colt decides to teach the sheriff a thing or two. "Secret of the Hidden Mine," pencils by Gene Colan; Kid Colt is sleeping when he is suddenly woken by Steel, who detects that the law is on their trail; Kid Colt quickly mounts up and they flee the scene; However, they ride over an abandoned mine shaft and fall into the mine; Kid Colt faces Ox and his men. "The Man who Refused to Die!", pencils by Gene Colan; The story of Native American warrior Charlie Feather. "The Gun-Shy Sheriff," art by Joe Maneely; Kid Colt and Steel are dying of thirst when they come across a much-needed oasis; As they hydrate themselves, Kid Colt hears a girl crying and comes to her aid; He learns that her name is Jane and that her fiancée Bill is the local sheriff and that she fears for his life. "The Flaming Fury"; Nimo defends his territory from a black bear. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Syd Shores. "Redmen on the Warpath!", pencils by Joe Maneely; The town of Gunbutt Storm, a number of prominent ranchers are seemingly murdered by warriors of the local Comanche tribe, angering the locals who pressure the sheriff into doing something about it; However, the sheriff warns the locals to keep a cool head until an investigation can be done as a war between the local Natives would cause untold bloodshed; When Kid Colt rides into the area he spots a smoke signal from the Comanche tribe ordering preparations for war. "Sheriff of Roaring Gap!", art by Joe Maneely; Sheriff Cahill is spending the night drinking in the local saloon in Roaring Gap and begins bragging about his skills as a law man and what he would do if Kid Colt came into town to steal the $5000 worth of gold dust that is being kept in the back of the saloon; What Cahill is unaware of is the fact that Kid Colt just happens to be in the saloon himself overhearing the conversation. "Gallows' Bait" text story. "Nimo the Mountain Lion!"; With the help of a moose, Nimo fights off a pair of hungry wolves. "The Outlaw's Stallion!"; A card shark from Washington is passing the time as he rides a train through the west by playing cards with one of the other passengers; However, it is soon discovered that the Easterner is cheating with cards he has hidden up his sleeve and amid protests he is tossed off the train; Happening by is Kid Colt who comes to the aid of the man. "The Legend of Dead Man's Cave!" text story. "Trapped by the Posse!"; Along the Senora Pass at the US/Mexican border, a group of cattle rustlers is finishing a deal with a man named Rumson; However, when Rumson refuses to pay the full price for the stolen cattle, the rustlers leader Stacey guns Rumson dead; Enter Kid Colt. "The Whip Strikes!"; Kid Colt makes a stop in Buzzard's Roost to get a glass of milk from the local saloon and soon finds himself chased out of town by a posse; Fleeing, he is secretly observed by Whip Lassiter and his gang who decide that they could use Kid Colt in their gang. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "How Kid Colt Became an Outlaw!" origin story, art by Pete Tumlinson; In the town of Purgatory, the law is run by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy Lash Larribee; One day, when Lash is beating up on a local named Gabby, his friend Blaine Colt comes to his aid; Blaine is easily beat down by Lash who mocks Colt for not carrying guns; Blaine is waking up he is suddenly confronted by the sheriff who accuses him of killing his father; The sheriff shoots Gabby and Lash; Before he can shoot Blaine, who he calls "Kid Colt", Colt jumps him. "Stranger in Town" text story. "Paid in Full," art by Werner Roth. "Captured by Comanches," art by Pete Tumlinson; For the past two years US Marshall Bulldog Crandall has been trailing after Kid Colt; Once more his hunt lands him at Kid Colt's camp just hours after he left and finds a mocking message from the outlaw; Crandall vows to capture Kid Colt no matter what, as he always gets his man. He heads toward the town of Thunder Rock unaware that Kid Colt is watching and following him; He pulls into the nearby saloon where he begins talking to the locals about his hunt for Kid Colt. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Jailbreak in Jack-Knife City!", art by Pete Tumlinson; The Dalton gang attempt to hold up some cattle salesmen after they make a big sale but are sent fleeing by Kid Colt who interrupts the robbery; However, Kid Colt breaks off his chase when the outlaws ride into Jack-Knife City, a town where the local sheriff has made capturing Kid Colt his vendetta. "The Boy Who Hated Kid Colt!!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In a small western town Billy and his sister are trying to cross a muddy street without getting dirty and are made fun of by some of the locals; When the men start throwing rocks, causing mud to splash on the dress Billy's sister is wearing they get a good laugh; Suddenly the cruel pranks are stopped when Kid Colt arrives. "When the Odds Are Even" text story. "The New Marshall," art by Joe Maneely. "Death by Torture!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A band of renegade Navajos led by chief Black Cloud attack a stage coach; Their attack is interrupted by the arrival of Kid Colt who sends them fleeing; As Kid Colt and the coach part company, Black Cloud and his surviving braves watch; Black Cloud then orders his warriors Black Bear and Running Deer to capture Kid Colt and bring him back to their tribe. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Tumlinson. "The Magic of Manitou!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt spots some wagons rushing toward a nearby army fort in a hurry; Curious, he catches up and asks them what the hurry is and learns that the local tribe of Mandan Native Americans are gearing up to go to war; He goes into the fort and gets confirmation from the captain that Flying Cloud, the chief of the Mandans is gearing up for a warpath; Since Kid Colt is a friend of Flying Cloud, he decides to go to the camp and find out what's going on. "Code of the Outlaw!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In a small town, Kid Colt comes across a man trying to whip a boy and orders him to stop; When the man tries to whip him instead, Kid Colt blasts his whip to pieces; Kid Colt demands to know what happened, and the boy tearfully tells him that he wanted a horse so bad that he tried to steal the one the man was riding. "The Showdown!", art by Don Rico; Chappie Harroway vs. Black Ben Ford. "Showdown in the Woods" text story. "Murder by a Dead Man!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is trying to escape a posse after him along the Arizona plane; Kid Colt manages to give them the slip near a plateau and then begins cutting through the brush to get away; He comes across a man camping out who tells Kid Colt that he is not after him and offers the outlaw to sit down and eat with him; Kid Colt gets to talking about how he has been trying to dodge the law since he rode out of Culver City where he tells the man he had tangled with the hand of death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Tumlinson. "The Tribe That Vanished," art by Pete Tumlinson; On August 10, 1849 Kid Colt is riding through the Dakota badlands when he comes across a sun scorched Piute Native on the back of a horse; Coming to the Native's aid, Kid Colt learns that there is trouble at his village before the man dies; Although the man is already dead, Kid Colt vows to look into it and help the tribe however he can. "The Boy Who Hunted Kid Colt!", art by Pete Tumlinson; In Medicine Bow on September 1852, wanted posters for Kid Colt are being put up by the local sheriff, offering a reward of $50,000 for Kid Colt's capture; No sooner are the posters up does Kid Colt happen through the area and take them down; Later in the day, Kid Colt comes upon a young boy whipping his horse to try to keep it in line. "Tex Wasn't Yellow!" text story. "Growler Joe Meets the Stranger." "Ambush!"; Kid Colt vs. Luke Blackburn and Wolf Mathers. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Pete Tumlinson. "Gun-Whipped in Shotgun City!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Deadly outlaws ride into the town of River Bend to rob it; They ride into town and rob the local bank unopposed; The gang then goes across the range committing robberies until August 9th 1868 when they set their sights for Shotgun City to settle down and have some fun; A short time later, Kid Colt happens upon the stage coach the gang has just robbed. "Fangs of Death!", art by Pete Tumlinson; On April 5, 1854, Kid Colt is riding along the lands of Wyoming when he comes across some cattle drivers whose cattle has been slain; Examining the scene with the ranches they find the tracks of a Comanche at the scene; The ranchers immediately blame the Comanches and suggest going to war with them, but Kid Colt preaches caution and tells them that he is friends with the Comanches and he will talk to their leader to find out the truth and avoid any unneeded bloodshed. "Die on the Owlhoot Trail!", art by Pete Morisi. "Hank Roebuck The Man Who Tamed Brass Town!", art by Marion Sitton. "The Waiting Rope!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Trigger City is a town that is so badly plagued by gun fighters that the local undertaker is not short of business but the graveyard is about bursting with corpses; On August 25, 1861, Kid Colt rode into the area and overheard some men attacking a ranch house; He guns down the outlaws and is thanked by the ranchers. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "No Time To Die," art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is fleeing from a posse outside of the town of San Jacinto when he is struck by a bullet; Wounded, the outlaw manages to race out of sight before passing out; As Steel races on, Kid Colt is thrown off the horse and sent tumbling into the brush as the posse races on; Kid battles a gang and goes to jail. "Gun-Battle Bullets," art by Pete Tumlinson. "Kit Lander's Vengeance," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the Wyoming rangelands, Kid Colt spots a ranch house on fire; He rides down to see if he can help, and he e finds a young boy named Kid Landers crying and asks him what's wrong; The Kid is disturbed to learn that someone posing as him had robbed the ranch, set it on fire, and shot Kit's father. "Monarch of the Range," art by Pete Morisi. "The Man From Back East," art by Pete Tumlinson; Aboard a train along the Sante Fe line passing through Arizona, an eastern gambler named Shad Clayburn brags about how he and his associates are going to clean up gambling in the west; When he is warned that the locals cannot be scared easily, he proves that he has as much guts as a "primitive" westerner by shooting his gun out of the train, knocking the hat off a man on a horse the train is passing by; Unknown to Clayburn is that the man whose hat he shot belong to Kid Colt who does not take too kindly to being shot at; The Kid races after the train on his horse Steel and hops onto the train. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Flaming Guns," art by Pete Tumlinson; Chip Mandrel and his gang ride through the Oklahoma badlands to get to the Okachee trading post; There they get permission to camp out within the posts walls for the night; Learning how poorly guarded the post is from the owner of the general store, Chip and his gang take over the fort; While going back to where his men are setting up camp, his men discover that there is gold hidden beneath the fort; They then decide to take over the camp instead of simply just robbing it; That night they kill the guards and take the post workers prisoner, forcing them to mine the gold for them; About two weeks later, Kid Colt is riding through the region and spots an overturned stage coach that has been robbed and the riders murdered, the third such wreck he has seen in his recent travels. "Badman Meets the Battle-Cub," art by Russ Heath. "Death Trap," art by Pete Tumlinson; While camping out in Wyoming, Kid Colt hears a gun go off and tracks its source; He spies another outlaw named Moccasin Joe Cass. "The Ghost of Cactus Canyon," art by John Romita. "The Would-Be Outlaw," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the border town of Lasso, Kid Colt is spending some time in a saloon listening to a guitar player; However, his enjoyment is short lived as he gets a sense that there is trouble in the air; Looking out the window he sees the posse that has been chasing him since Alvaregordo are pulling into town; Kid Colt quietly exits out the back of the saloon, but spots some of the posse coming around his way. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by George Tuska. "Gunsmoke Trail!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt has camped out for the night after another day on the run; Both he and his horse Steel are uneasy when, suddenly, Doc Shores and his gang get the drop on him; Shores explains that he and his men need money in order to leave the territory, and have decided to take in Kid Colt for the reward on his head. "The Whistling Bushwhacker" text story. "Riot in Jericho!", art by Pete Tumlinson; While riding across the Marcos Trail, Kid Colt spots a gold coin laying on the hard pan and picks it up; As he continues to along the way, he finds more coins and realizes that someone must be dropping them, and decides to return them to their owner; He follows their trail and tries to stop them men to give the gold back. "The Curse of Boot Hill," art by Don Rico. "The Sheriff of Six-Mile Creek!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Along the Sangre de Cristo trail, Kid Colt sees a wagon train of people fleeing the town of Six-Mile Creek, one of the few towns where he is not considered an outlaw, and is friends with Sheriff Matt Stevens; He learns from those leaving the town that apparently Matt Stevens has changed his ways, and allowed the outlaw Sierra Kane and his gang to take over the town, forcing everyone out; Kid Colt decides to go into Six-Mile Creek to determine what has come over his friend. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Revenge in Sagebrush City," art by Pete Tumlinson; Gambler Duke Laval and his gang are forced out of Sagebrush City by the sheriff, with no other choice, Laval orders his men to stand down and they begin plotting to take their stakes elsewhere; They move up along the Santa Fe line to the town of Pan Creek where they decide to look around; As Laval is crossing a road, he is almost run down by Kid Colt riding his horse Steel; Furious at almost being trampled, Duke throws a punch at the horse, prompting the Kid to leap off his steed and hit Laval across the face. "Mystery of the Stolen Cache!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt has returned to one of his secret camps and is surprised to find stash of food has been taken, the fifth such raid on his secret supplies; Finding tracks this time around, Kid Colt decides to follow after them to teach the food thief a lesson; Kid Colt follows the trail until he reaches its end and watches in surprise as a rope trap is slung down from a nearby tree; Shooting at the tree, Kid Colt startles the person hiding in it and is once more surprised when it is a young Native American boy who falls out. "Range Rustlers" text story. "The Lonely Trail," art by Warren Broderick. "The Big Smoke," art by Pete Tumlinson; A drought has hit the prairies making it so dry that even the slightest spark can cause massively destructive grass fires, wiping out the food and water supply for animals and Native Americans, the potential for famine forcing them to seek more fertile lands elsewhere; Somewhere along the wastes is Boot Merrill and his gang, who are lamenting on their poor fortune; Merill comes up with an idea to start grass fires; Elsewhere, Kid Colt rides into the region and realizes that any sparks from Steel's hoofs could risk a fire. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Mystery of Horseshoe Creek!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A gang of masked marauders have gathered to attack a stage coach that is passing through the San Ramon Gorge; The following morning a group carrying gold attempts to cross Horseshoe Creek via ferry, but the men operating the ferry suddenly turn on the men and rob them of their gold; Meanwhile, the robbed coach is discovered by Kid Colt, who finds it suspicious that the thieves cut loose the horses. "Blood and Gold" text story. "The Lonesome Trail!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Kid Colt is stopped by the local sheriff before he can travel into the town of Conquistador; The sheriff tells him that he cannot let him into the town now that he is sheriff, but allows the hero to go free after how he came to his aid in Yuma years earlier; The sheriff empathizes with the Kid, telling him he knows how lonely it can be living on the range alone; Kid Colt rides along a range, he suspects that he is being followed. "Fool's Gold," art by Tom Gill; Gold is discovered in Calfornia, starting a gold rush for people seeking riches; These travelers face various hardships, including conflicts with various Native American tribes; However, not all treat the travelers as enemies, as one group finds when they gross paths with the Apache Kid who invites the travelers to rest in the village of his people; However, two of the white men, named Brent and Sukey, note that one of the Apaches is wearing expensive jewelry made of gold; That night they attack the elder and steal his gold and flee. "The Guns with the Silver Butts," art by Pete Tumlinson; In the town of Dusty Mesa, Yuma Butell watches Kid Colt as he mounts his horse; Seeing the silver-plated gun butts, Butell decides that he wants to own the guns himself; To get an idea of how fast a draw Kid Colt is, he convinces another gunman to try and get the drop on Kid Colt and steal the guns for him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. "Wanted, Dead or Alive!", pencils by Pete Tumlinson; An outlaw named Blackie and his gang come across a wanted poster offering $5000 for the capture of Kid Colt, dead or alive; When Manley suggests that they go after the reward, Blackie suggests that Kid Colt would be worth more than $5000 to them dead rather than alive; Blackie comes up with the idea of posing as Kid Colt to take some of the heat off of their gang as the authorities would be looking to capture the famed outlaw instead. "Death Rides a Black Stallion!", art by Pete Tumlinson; While riding through a lightning storm, Kid Colt happens upon a wild black stallion and pauses to watch it; Although the Kid has his faithful horse Steel, Kid Colt cannot resist the urge to try and tame the wild stallion anyway; Racing Steel, Kid Colt catches up to the stallion and manages to hop onto it's back and quickly tames the horse just as a downpour begins to fall. "The Triple-Murder Mine" text story. "The Footprints!" "The Glory Trail!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Outlaw Simon Leech is set to hang, but two other outlaws, Luke Foyle and Mize Callum try to get him down; Leech's neck is broken in the process, but the two other men cannot bring themselves to put him out of the misery; Seeking a way to avoid becoming bait for vultures, Leech convinces them to carry him up to Goat Hill to be treated by a renegade Native American named Forked Tongue who he believes can use Native American magic to heal him; Foyle and Callum, despite their fears, bring Leech to see Forked Tongue and flee. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.