The Bat Strikes
Summary
Volume: 1
Issue: 25
Month: December
Year: 1961
Credits
Editor in Chief: Stan Lee
Head Writer: Stan Lee
Cover Artists: Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers
Pencilers: Jack Kirby
Inkers: Dick Ayers
Editors: Stan Lee
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Rawhide Kid
- Nightwind
- The Bat
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- None
First Appearances: The Bat (Mister Harper)
Final Appearances: The Bat (dies in this issue)
Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written
The Twister
Credits
Head Writer: Stan Lee
Pencilers: Jack Kirby
Inkers: Dick Ayers
Editors: Stan Lee
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- None
First Appearances: No first appearances
Final Appearances: No final appearances
Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written
The Man Who Robbed the Express
Credits
Head Writer: Stan Lee
Pencilers: Dick Ayers
Inkers: Dick Ayers
Editors: Stan Lee
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Brett Brown
- Silent Jefferson
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- None
First Appearances: Brett Brown (a train robber); Silent Jefferson (a railroad detective)
Final Appearances: Brett Brown; Silent Jefferson
Synopsis: A convicted rail robber named Brett Brown has recently been released from prison. Unwilling to lead a respectable life however, he immediately returns to his old tricks. He boards a rail car and inquires about sitting near the mailbox location. The conductor tells him that the mailbox car is off-limits and is guarded by a rail detective. Brett spies a well-dressed mustached man, and instantly deduces that he must be the undercover detective. Finding an unkempt hobo named Silent Jefferson, Brett conspires to rob the train. He direct Jefferson to distract the detective, allowing him time to rob the train. However, it turns out that Jefferson is actually the rail detective and arrests Brett Brown. The well-dressed mustached man was simply a passenger en route to New York City.
Those Who Live by the Gun...
Credits
Head Writer: Stan Lee
Pencilers: Jack Kirby
Inkers: Dick Ayers
Editors: Stan Lee
Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
- Rawhide Kid
- Nightwind
- Blackie
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- None
First Appearances: Blackie (an outlaw)
Final Appearances: Blackie
Synopsis: An outlaw named Blackie and his friends catch the Rawhide Kid napping under a tree. Taking the opportunity to get revenge on him for past offenses, they hogtie his legs, and string him over a tree limb. The Kid manages to escape however and deftly the entire posse. He leaves them bound against a tree, and rides off into the distance. When a local sheriff and his deputy come upon Blackie's gang, they lie and tell him that a large group of men had ambushed them. They refuse to admit that they had been so quickly taken down by a single gunslinger.
Notes
- The Bat Strikes is reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western #27.
- Twister is reprinted in Mighty Marvel Western #35.
- The Man Who Robbed the Express is reprinted in Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl #1.
- Those Who Live by the Gun... is reprinted in Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and the Arizona Girl #1.
Trivia
- None
Recommended Readings
- Rawhide Kid (Volume 1) #1-150
- Rawhide Kid (Volume 2) #1-4
- Rawhide Kid (Volume 3) #1-5
Related Articles
- Rawhide Kid cover art gallery
External Links
- Rawhide Kid article at Wikipedia
- Rawhide Kid article at the Marvel Directory
- Rawhide Kid CNN article