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74January 1963
$0.12

Gunsmoke Western #74

Marvel · January 1963 · on sale 1962-11-01

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Series: Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series)
Issue: #74
Publication date: January 1963
Key date: 1963-01-00
On-sale date: 1962-11-01
Indicia publisher: Newsstand Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Other Kid Colt!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Kid Colt imposter
1	The Other Kid Colt!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: José Delbo, Jack Keller; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Kid Colt [himself and as Colt Kidder]; Steel; The Butler Brothers (villain, introduction); Kid Colt impostor (villain, introduction); Mister Brown
2	Mirage	text story	2	letters: typeset	Ken Raleigh; Jim Stoddard
3	The Peddler!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ben Brown; Crow; Waco
4	Gamblin' Man!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Dick Ayers	Spade Black; Marshal Sam Carter; Jeb Nelson

Printings and variants

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