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Kid Colt Outlaw, #79

Published: July 1958

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Issue Contents:
The Origin of Kid Colt!

Story Featuring Kid Colt

Credits
Story Notes

Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

How the Kid Became an Outlaw!

Story Featuring Kid Colt

Storyline

Blaine Colt refuses to wear a gun because he's such a good shot that he's afraid he might kill someone in a moment of rage. When his father is murdered, he kills the murderer in a duel and becomes a fugitive from the law.

Credits
Story Notes

This story was first told in issue #11 (October 1950); several details are changed. The setting is changed to Abiline, Wyoming, from "Purgatory", and the name of Dan Colt's ranch is changed. Rather than being killed by two corrupt lawmen, Colt's father is killed by a local tough, though he is named "Lash Larribee" in both versions. This version of Kid Colt's origin is retold in Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #72 (September 1962). Rule inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jack Keller.

The Threat!

Story Featuring Kid Colt

Storyline

A scoundrel tries to blackmail Kid Colt into helping him rob a stagecoach.

Credits
Story Notes

Rule inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jack Keller.

The Last Roundup!
Storyline

A sick artist moves to Arizona to recuperate, where he paints the best work of his career and helps catch a cattle rustler.

Credits
Across the Street
Storyline

A rancher and his friend, a US marshal, bring in the gang that shot the rancher's father.

Credits
Story Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Man Who Was Faster Than the Kid!
Storyline

A gunslinger challenges Kid Colt, but though his draw is faster, his aim is poor.

Credits
Story Notes

Rule inks per Nick Caputo. Previous inker credited Jack Keller.