''The Mighty Marvel Western'' was an American

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series published by

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. A

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anthology that ran 46 issues, it consisted of reprint stories of the Marvel

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heroes the

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, the

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, and

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, featuring much art by

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, Jack Keller, and others. New covers, on all but three issues, were by

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and

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, among others.

Publication history

''The Mighty Marvel Western'' was an anthology of reprinted mid-1950s to mid-1960s

stories. It ran 46 issues,

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d October 1968 to September 1975. Mostly bimonthly, with an occasional lapse of a month, it had a five-month hiatus between issues #5-6 (June & Nov. 1969). From 1972 to 1976, it was published monthly during the summer. The first 16 issues were 68- or 52-page, 25¢ "giants", relative to the typical 12¢ and later 15¢ comics of the times, with #17-on published as standard 36-page comics at the prevailing price of 20¢, rising to 25¢ and finally 30¢ by the time it ended publication.''The Mighty Marvel Western''
at the

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Each issued featured three

heroes: the

and the

in all issues, and

in all issues except #25-42 (July 1973 - Oct. 1975), in which

, from the 1956 series ''Matt Slade, Gunfighter'', published by Marvel forerunner Atlas Comics, was substituted. Several Rawhide Kid stories were drawn by the penciler- inker team of

and

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. Virtually all Kid Colt stories were drawn by the character's longtime artist, Jack Keller.''Matt Slade, Gunfighter''
at AtlasTales.com All but three issues featured newly drawn covers. Most were penciled by

(#1-8, 12–15) or

(#18-19, 31, 37–44, 46), with

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contributing seven and

and Ayers four each.

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and John Romita each drew one, and three new covers are by unknown artists. Three are Kirby reprints.

References

External links

''Mighty Marvel Western''
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators 1968 comics debuts American comics titles Marvel Comics titles Western (genre) comics {{Marvel-title-stub

Publication history

See also

References

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