Appearing in "A gratidáo do bandido"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Zane Templeton
- Sam Bender (First appearance; dies)
- Tom Crowley
Antagonists:
- Coley Welch (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
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Locations:
- Larabee
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Synopsis for "A gratidáo do bandido"
Stuck with the fact that this man has discovered his double identity, Lance cannot bring himself to murder the man to keep his identity secret. Bender suddenly passes out from his wounds. Lance decides to take Sam back to his fathers ranch. There he turns the wounded man over to his father. While Zane Temple treats Sam's wounds, Lance quietly returns his fathers guns.
After days of treatment, Sam comes out of his coma while Lance is feeding him and is surprised that the hero nursed him back to health despite the fact that he knows his secret identity. Sam then surprises Lance by telling him that Coley Welch and his men are planning to settle in the area and are planning to eliminate the Texas Kid. Bender explains that Coley has made a Texas Kid costume and plans on robbing the express office in order to frame the hero. Lance rides off and changes into the Texas Kid to deal with this plot.
The Kid rides into Welch's camp and his mistake the Texas Kid for their boss and are gunned down as a result. When the rest of the gang flees, Texas Kid goes off to town to stop Coley, but changes into Lance Temple in the process. Meanwhile, Coley has successfully robbed the express office in his Texas Kid disguise. As he flees he runs into Lance Temple, knocking the young man off his horse and knocking him out. Coley then dresses Temple in his Texas Kid disguise.
Ironically, Lance is captured by the law and unmasked and sentenced to hang. A young boy rushes to the Temple ranch to tell Zane temple what has happened. Hearing this, Sam also decides to do something to help the Texas Kid. Sam takes a horse and rides off to Coley's camp where he catches his former leader and both men fatally shoot each other. Both men are seriously wounded, and Sam takes Coley prisoner. Changing into a Texas Kid costume, Sam arrives with Coley as his prisoner informing the locals what really happened, clearing Lance of the crime he has been accused with. After the "Texas Kid" rides off and Lance follows after him. He finds Sam in Hidden Valley. Dying from his wounds, Sam is happy that he was able to do some right before he dies. In order to honor Sam's sacrifice, Lance buries him in Hidden Valley.Notes
- Texas Kid (Lance Temple) became a popular character in Brazil, and after the original stories ended (and some Outlaw Kid stories were renamed as Texas Kid) the brazilian publisher RGE commissioned the production of new stories (since issue 27). The title continued until issue 86,and various annuals and specials were published.
- Only stories of Marvel characters are listed in this database. This issue also included stories from other publishers like Ajax Farrell (Oklahoma Kid) and Fawcett (Pistol Packin' Pattie).