Kid Colt Outlaw 1949 #130 - 5.5 - $35.00

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.

Kid Colt is sent to Mexico by the Govenor to retrieve some papers that were stolen by El Lopo, Mexico's greatest bandit.

The Kid pretends that a head injury turned him bad in order to trick a bandit leader into revealing the hiding place for his loot before he captures the gang.

After Kid Colt stops a bandit from robbing a stagecoach he frames the Kid for another robbery in revenge and he must clear his name.

An outlaw tricks Kid Colt into giving himself up to ransack the area while the Kid is in prison. The Kid breaks lose and brings the outlaw to justice.

This isssue apparently was originally produced as a yearly special and then changed back to a bi-monthly issue, judging by the cover and the 25 cent price (Special noted in upper left hand corner, cover design exactly like the then current yearly specials, etc.) Oddly the following two issues are also in the "giant-size" 25 cent format, before they revert back to 12 cents. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - Cover pencil credit from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). previous indexer credited Dick Ayers. Scenes along right hand side and bottom are from interior stories.
• How the Kid Became an Outlaw! - 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).
• - Letters from Charles Uibel, Daniel Forsythe, Fred Lambert, and Robert Patla; includes a Kid Colt illo from earlier issue and an M.M.M.S. membership form.
• On the Rampage - This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one?"The Kid Turns Bad!" (7 pp), and chapter two?"The Unholy Alliance!" (6 pp).
• - ad for Kid Colt, Two-Gun Kid and Rawhide Kid, featuring art taken from various sources.
• Beware of Montana Joe! - This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one?"The Revenge of Montana Joe!" (7 pp), and chapter two?"The Kid Strikes Back!" (6 pp).
• The Guns of Drago Dalton - This story is divided into two chapters: chapter one?"The Trap Is Sprung!" (7 pp), and chapter two?"The Terrible Vengeance of Kid Colt!" (6 pp).