Reno Browne, Hollywood's Greatest Cowgal! (#50 - #52) 1950 Marvel - Complete Series

Marvel, 1950 Series

Published in English (United States)  United States

Publication Dates:  April  - September 1950

Number of Issues Published:  3 (#50 - #52)

Color:  color

Dimensions:  Standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock:  glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding:  saddle-stitched

Publishing Format:   was ongoing series

Publication Type:  magazine

Pages 52          Indicia Frequency:  Bi-monthly

Tracking:

numbering continues from Margie Comics (Marvel, 1946 series) #49

numbering continues with Apache Kid (Marvel, 1950 series) #53 [1]

Note:

In #52 at least, title in indicia is "Reno Browne"

Authors:

Script: Allen Bellman

Pencils
Russ Heath, Mario DeMarco?, Allen Bellman
Syd Shores

Inks
Russ Heath, Syd Shores, Allen Bellman

Colors: ?

Letters:  Artie Simek ?; typeset,

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Western Thrillers #01 – #04 (1954 – 1955) Marvel (Complete Series)

1954 Series

Publisher: Marvel

Publication Dates: November 1954 – February 1955

Number of Issues Published: 4 (#1 – #4)

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Publication Type: magazine

Publisher's Brands:

Atlas [black & white] (4 issues)

Pencils: 

 John Romita (signed); Joe Maneely (see notes), Jerry Robinson (signed)Carl BurgosGene ColanJohn Buscema, Bill Walsh?, 

Joe Maneely, Russ Heath (signed), George Tuska, Allen Bellman,

Al Eedah, Sol Brodsky ?,

Inks: 

 John Romita (signed); Joe Maneely (see notes), Jerry Robinson (signed), Carl Burgos, John Buscema, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath (signed),George Tuska, Allen Bellman,

Al Eedah,

Colors:  

Stan Goldberg

Numbering continues with Cowboy Action (Marvel, 1955 series) #5

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Apache Kid #01[#53] – #19 Marvel [Complete Series]

Publisher: Marvel

Publication Dates: December 1950 – April 1956

Number of Issues Published: 19 (#53 [1] – #19)

Color: Color   
Dimensions: Standard Golden and Silver Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Serie
Pages 36      Indicia frequency monthly

Traking:

Numbering continues from Reno Browne

(Marvel, 1950 series) #52

Numbering continues with Western Gunfighters (Marvel, 1956 series) #20

Notes:

Publishing gap between #10 (January 1952) and #11 (December 1954). 
 Updated tracking information from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo [as Doc. V.].

Authors:

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely, Mike Sekowsky,Syd Shores, Werner Roth, Jay Scott Pike, Tom Gill ,
Allen Bellman, John Severin, Bob Powel, Bob Forgione, Mike Sekowsky,
Inks
Joe Maneely, Ernie Hart ?, Werner Roth, Jay Scott Pike, Tom Gill, Allen Bellman,John Severin,
Bob Powel, Jack Abel, Mike Esposito,
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) is a fictional Old West character in the Marvel Comics universe, mostly seen in stories from Marvel’s 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. This character was named after, but is unrelated to, the real-life Native American man known as The Apache Kid (Haskay-bay-nay-natyl).

The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) debuted as the cover feature, drawn by a young John Buscema, of Two-Gun Western #5 (cover-dated Nov. 1950). The writer co-creator is unknown. He received his own title the following month, premiering as The Apache Kid #53 (Dec. 1950, picking up the numbering from Reno Browne, Hollywood’s Greatest Cowgirl) and then running as Apache Kid #2-19 (Feb. 1951 – Jan. 1952; Dec. 1954 – April 1956).

Stories also ran in the omnibus titles Two-Gun Western #5-9 (Nov. 1950 – Aug. 1951) and Wild Western #15-22 (April 1951 – June 1952). 
 After that initial Buscema story and at least two by Joe Maneely (who would also do many of the later covers), the bulk of the book’s run would be penciled and inked by future Silver Age X-Men artist Werner Roth.

After The Apache Kid ended with #19 (April 1956), its numbering continued as the anthology series Western Gunfighters, where the character did not appear.

Apache Kid reprints, however, did appear in Marvel’s 1970s omnibus series also titled Western Gunfighters. The Kid shared its pages with new Ghost Rider (also known as Phantom Rider) stories, as well as anthological and Western-hero reprints of a changing lineup that included Atlas’ Black Rider (here renamed Black Mask), the Western Kid, Wyatt Earp, and later Kid Colt. Apache Kid reprints ran from #2-33, the final issue (Oct. 1970 – Nov. 1975).

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