Monday, 30 October 2017

Cisco Kid Comics #01 (Cisco Kid Collection)



Publisher: Baily Publishing Company
Publication Date: Winter 1944
Number of Issues Published: 1
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot


Publisher: Dell
Publication Dates: January 1951 – October-December [1958]
Number of Issues Published: 40 (#2 – #41)
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.; then Standard Silver Age U. S.
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Adaptation of the television series based on the character created by O. Henry. First issue was 
Four Color 292

Credits    
Pencils: John Giunta (signed) | Inks: John Giunta (signed) | Colors: John Giunta | Letters: John Giunta


Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database and Comicbookplus.com


The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story “The Caballero’s Way”, published in the collection Heart of the West. In movies and television, 
the Kid was depicted as a heroic Mexican caballero, even though he was originally a cruel outlaw.
Cisco Kid Comics, a one-shot comic book by Baily Publishing, appeared on newsstands in 1944.
Dell Comics published 41 issues of The Cisco Kid from 1950 to 1958.
Jose Luis Salinas and Rod Reed drew the Cisco Kid comic strip, syndicated from 1951 to 1967.

  
Cisco Kid Comics #01
 Publication Date:   Winter 1944
Number of Issues Published:  1 

Price: 0.10 USD  |  Pages: 52
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format   One-Shot
Notes: First comic book appearance of the Cisco Kid.

 Cover    Cisco Kid
Featuring    Cisco Kid

Content    Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Cisco Kid


Comic Story    "It isn't every day that the sheriff gives a send-off to anyone like this" (10 pages)
Featuring    Cisco Kid
Credits    Pencils: Charles A. Voight | Inks: Charles A. Voight | Letters: Charles A. Voight
Content    Genre: Western-frontier
Notes    This story (c) M.C, which is said to stand for Milton Cohen. Cohen was a letterer, inker and occasional penciler, who was also known to be an artist's agent. It is not know what role
Cohen played for this story, writer, agent, etc.


Comic Story    Killer's Nemesis (1 page)  Featuring    Devlin Darrell

 

Comic Story    "Superwomen, wondermen" (5 pages)
Featuring    Super Baby

 

Text Story    Xmas in Mexico (1 page)
Featuring    Cisco Kid
Credits    Script: Walter Gardener | Letters: typeset


Comic Story    Faust (6 pages)
Featuring    Illustrated Stories of the Operas


Text Story    You'll Die Laughing... (1 page)
Featuring    Funnyman
Credits    Script: Bruce Elliott | Letters: typeset


Comic Story    You'll Die Laughing! (8 pages)
Featuring    Funnyman
Credits    Pencils: John Giunta (signed) | Inks: John Giunta (signed)


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