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.
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:
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
?
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 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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