Kid Colt

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Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a cowboy whose adventures have taken place in numerous western-themed comic book series published by Marvel. The second is a cowboy-themed horse-like superhero. The character's first appearance was in Kid Colt #1 (August 1948).

Publication history

Kid Colt starred in the

Kid Colt Outlaw
, as well as in several other titles. He is the longest-running cowboy star in American comic-book publishing, featured in stories for a 31-year stretch from 1948 to 1979, though from 1966 most of the published stories were reprints.

Kid Colt appeared in numerous series through that decade, including

Jack Keller.[1][2] The series ended with #229 (April 1979), making it the longest-running Western comic book.[3]

Kid Colt additionally headlined the three-issue Giant-Size Kid Colt (Jan. 1975-July 1975), which consisted entirely of reprints except for one new story in each of the latter two issues.[4]

The character has appeared sporadically in

The Black Panther
vol. 3 #46-47 (2002).

It was not until 2000, with the

retconned that the naively clean-cut Marvel Western stories of years past were merely dime novel fictions of their actual lives — killed off Kid Colt in the series' conclusion (#4, March 2000). An older version of Kid Colt appears in 'Skaar: King Of The Savage Land, having faked his death and subsequently time-traveling.[5]

Marvel reintroduced Kid Colt as teenager in a 2009 "one-shot" comic ("Kill the Kid") written by Tom Defalco and illustrated by Rick Burchett (originally published in digital format). The book, narrated by a self-proclaimed drifter named Everett Hawkmore who partners with the Kid, retells a somewhat modified origin story.[6]

The character also appears in 2010's Rawhide Kid: The Sensational Seven.

Fictional character biography

Kid Colt (Western hero)

Kid Colt
Cover of Kid Colt, Outlaw #200.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceKid Colt #1 (Aug. 1948)
In-story information
Alter egoBlaine Colt
Team affiliationsThe Sensational Seven
PartnershipsSteel (horse)
Notable aliasesMr. Jones, various other aliases

Kid Colt (real name: Blaine Colt, but see below) is an American Old West cowboy who was wrongly accused of murder (he killed his father's murderer in a fair gun battle) and became a fugitive from the law, along the way engaging in heroic good acts in an effort to restore his reputation.[7] He fought many villains such as the Robin Hood Raider.[8]

Kid Colt was later killed.[9]

Kid Colt was later reintroduced as a teenager whose real name was changed to Blaine Cole. A brother of Cole was missing after the raid that killed his parents and a search for a witness to the gunfight that had erroneously branded him an outlaw.[10]

An older version of Kid Colt later appears, having faked his death and subsequently time-traveling.[11]

During a period where time itself was becoming unraveled, Kid Colt teamed up with the Hulk, Rawhide Kid and Two-Gun Kid to stop a murderous sheriff with time-traveling powers.[12]

Kid Colt (superhero)

Kid Colt
Kymellian hybrid
Team affiliationsYoung Allies
AbilitiesShapeshifting
Teleportation
Creation of sub-space pockets

Kid Colt (real name: Elric Freedom Whitemane) is a contemporary

universe who has appeared as a member of the modern-day Young Allies. Created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley, he debuted in Heroes Reborn
: Young Allies #1 (Jan. 2000).

Born to hippies, Elric was a normal child, until government agents paid his parents to let them give him special "tests" (which were attempts to fuse his

Kymellians). The tests were successful, and young Elric changed into a strange, bipedal horse-like creature. Hearing stories of the wild west, Elric assumed the identity of Kid Colt, and began to use his newfound powers to help those in need. He was eventually recruited by the Young Allies to help them free two alien beings. Elric decided to remain with the team.[volume & issue needed
]

Elric is a hybrid of human and

]

In other media

Television

Video games

  • Blaine "Kid" Colt appears in
    M.O.D.O.K.
    Star-Lord is also revealed to be Blaine Colt's big fan and have heard a story about him.

References

  1. ^ The Mighty Marvel Western at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ^ Matt Slade, Gunfighter at AtlasTales.com
  3. ^ Kid Colt, Outlaw at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Giant-Size Kid Colt at the Grand Comics Database.
  5. ^ Skaar: King of the Savage Land #2-4 (2011)
  6. ^ Kid Colt one-shot (Sept. 2009, Marvel Publishing, Inc., New York)
  7. .
  8. ^ Kid Colt, Outlaw #139
  9. Blaze of Glory
    #4 (2000)
  10. ^ Kid Colt one-shot (Sept. 2009, Marvel Publishing, Inc., New York)
  11. ^ Skaar: King of the Savage Land #2-4 (2011)
  12. ^ The Indestructible Hulk #12 (Oct. 2013)
  13. ^ Sava, Oliver (January 27, 2016). "Agent Carter continues its winning streak by embracing Hollywood history". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "Characters". IGN Database. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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