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Two-Gun Kid 40

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Issue Overview

Two-Gun Kid #40 was published by Hercules Publishing Corp. in February 1958. It is part of the Two-Gun Kid series, which ran from March 1948 to April 1961.

Cover credits include Joe Maneely. This issue features Two-Gun Kid.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "Man Without Guns!." Indexed story credits include Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Looking for the full run? Browse the Two-Gun Kid checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.

Two-Gun Kid 40 Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
February 1958
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Hercules Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Titles
Man Without Guns!
 
Starring
Two-Gun Kid starring
 
Cover Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Stories

Credits
Stan Lee script signed Joe Maneely pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Chuck Miller pencils and inks signed (Signed: C.F. Miller)
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Chuck Miller pencils and inks signed (Signed: CFM)
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Alfonso Greene pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Credits
Chuck Miller pencils and inks signed (Signed: C.F. Miller) Joe Maneely pencils and inks unsigned (Last panel page 4, 1st 3 panels page 5.)
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Story Information
Notes: On page four the last panel of the page seems to have been redrawn. And turning over the page, I saw the top tier of the last page wasn't by C.F. Miller either, but by Joe Maneely. Although it is late to occur, this seems to be a comic code demanded story change. In the story Two Gun Kid is following a gang of thiefs. The hole up in a log cabin. That's when the redrawn sequence starts. Two-Gun Kid sees a bees nest in a tree nearby and throws it into the log cabin. The thieves come running out and are captured. In the first Miller drawn panel after the redrawn sequence, bee stings have been added to their faces. What the original sequence was, is unclear. It can't have been too violent, since they are captured either way. Maybe it was the same, but had to be redrawn for logic or clearness of storytelling. What we need here is one of those black and white reprints from Britain or Australia, that sometimes seemed to use stats of the pages bfore they were sent to the comic code. - Ger A.