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WHAT IF: Atlas Era Rawhide Kid Vol. 2

Map by GaryUK: reprints Rawhide Kid #9 - #16 (199 pages)

***PLEASE NOTE: Sometime in 2006, Marvel comics is starting a Rawhide Kid Masterworks line that begins with the "revival" period begun by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the first issue of which was Rawhide Kid #17, and which were definitely part of the "Marvel Age" of comics ushered in with the publication of Fantastic Four #1. The first 16 issues were different in tone from the later rendition, with work from Bob Brown, John Severin, and Dick Ayers, pencilling scripts by Stan. The series was stopped with #16, and after a 3 year layoff, reintroduced in the fall of 1960, as a precursor to the "Marvel Age" of comics. Despite Marvel starting with #17, that doesn't mean they couldn't one day return to where Rawhide Kid all began. A vision of how they could do it is in these maps: a two-volume set, reprinting 8 issues of continuity each, with the "slimline" price of $39.99- the Atlas Era Rawhide Kid Masterworks! ***

7/56: Rawhide Kid #9 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (penciler); John Severin (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Outlaw's Ambush" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Dusty Trail" (Text Story ?) (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Pecos Justice" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Indian Attack" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Judge" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Alfonso Greene (penciler); Alfonso Greene (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Winner Take All" (5 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

9/56: Rawhide Kid #10 (24 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (penciler); John Severin (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Man in the Black Stetson" (6 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Ghost of Bull Run" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Blind Justice" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Story

  • "Man on the Run" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Joe Giella (penciler); Joe Giella (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Showdown in Shadow Gap" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

11/56: Rawhide Kid #11 (23 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (penciler); John Severin (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Six Gun Thunder" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Wanted, Dead or Alive" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "*Untitled*" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Story

  • "Showdown" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Syd Shores (penciler); Syd Shores (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Retribution" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

1/57: Rawhide Kid #12 (23 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely (penciler); Joe Maneely (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Range War" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "*Untitled*" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Last Roundup" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Story

  • "Kid Six Gun" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Pete Morisi (penciler); Pete Morisi (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Six Gun Decision" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

3/57: Rawhide Kid #13 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (penciler); John Severin (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Condemned" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Western Schooner" (Text Story ?) (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Renegade Stallion" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Miracle On Mesquite Flats" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Gun!" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Pete Morisi (penciler); Pete Morisi (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Swamp Phantom" (5 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

5/57: Rawhide Kid #14 (23 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Joe Maneely (penciler); Joe Maneely (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Code of Honor" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Lost Spur" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Race Against Time" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Story

  • "The Texas Gunhawk" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); George Tuska (penciler); George Tuska (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "*Untitled*" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

7/57: Rawhide Kid #15 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (penciler); John Severin (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Last Warning" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "A Part of the West" (Text Story ?) (2 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Bullets or Ballots" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Scourge of the Plains" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Outlaw!" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Russ Heath (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "A Vow of Vengeance" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

9/57: Rawhide Kid #16 (23 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Fred Kida (penciler); Fred Kida (inker)
  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Man Who Couldn’t Talk" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Stampede" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "The Man Who Flaunted the Law" (4 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

  • Story

  • "The Bushwhacker" (4 pages)
    Credits: Don Rico (writer); Angelo Torres (penciler); Angelo Torres (inker)

  • Rawhide Kid

  • "Desperate Decision" (5 pages)
    Credits: Stan Lee (writer); Dick Ayers (penciler); Dick Ayers (inker)

Mockup image by: David Spofforth

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