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1August 1948
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Kid Colt #1

Marvel · August 1948 · on sale 1948-06-25

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Series
Kid Colt (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
On-sale date
1948-06-25
Indicia publisher
Leading Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Spawn of the Six-Gun Syndicate!cover1pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresKid Colt
2Hot Lead for Crooked Lawmencomic story10script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Bill Walsh; inks: Chu F. HingKid Colt [Blaine Colt] (intro; origin); Dan Colt (intro; death); Gabby (intro; death); Lash Larribee (villain; intro; death); Sheriff Yates (villain; intro; death)
4Kid Colt's Gunstext story1pencils: Syd ShoresKid Colt
6Marshal of Colt-Crazy Mojavecomic story8script: Ernie Hart; inks: Chu F. HingKid Colt; Killer Krells; Frenchy LaRue; Johnstone; Steel; Flo
7A Killer in God's Acrescomic story7script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Bill Walsh; inks: Chu F. HingKid Colt; Pecos Pete; Steel; John Cabot; Calico; Brother Nathaniel Dawson; Sparks
9The Killer of Timberline Strikescomic story4
10Death Signs on the Dotted Linetext story2letters: typeset
12The Corpses of Dr. Sacottipromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13Spawn of the Six-Gun Syndicatecomic story10script: Ernie Hart; inks: Chu F. HingKid Colt; Cash Collins; Curly; Frank; Steel; Olin Baxter; Betty Baxter; Boots

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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