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Publishers / Marvel / All Western Winners (1948) / #2
2Winter 1948
$0.10

All Western Winners #2

Marvel · Winter 1948 · on sale September 2, 1948

First appearance (cover): Kid ColtFirst appearance (cover): Blaine ColtFirst appearance: SteelOrigin: Matthew Masters
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Identification plate

Series
All Western Winners (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
Winter 1948
Key date
September 2, 1948
On-sale date
September 2, 1948
Indicia publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Kid Colt - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Blaine Colt - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Steel - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (cover) of Matthew Masters - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of The Black Rider - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Satan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Marie Lathrop - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jim Lathrop - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Matthew Masters, The Black Rider.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresThe Black Rider First, Blaine Colt First, Clay Harder, Kid Colt First, Matthew Masters First, Two-Gun Kid
2The Syndicate of Six-Gun Terrorcomic story11script: Leon Lazarus; pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresThe Black Rider First, Matthew Masters First, Jim Lathrop First, Marie Lathrop First, Satan First
3Lazy Lawmantext story2letters: typeset
7Burning Brands of Doom!comic story5pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ HeathClay Harder, Two-Gun Kid, Cyclone
8-text article0.25script: Kent B. Stiles
10Hi, Friendspromo (ad from the publisher)1
11Riddle of the Star Cross!comic story8script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Bill Walsh; inks: Bill WalshBlaine Colt First, Kid Colt First, Steel First

Plus 7.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tex Morgan #51949On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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