Monday, October 12, 2026
"His wildest foe ever!" Uh, it's a woman. Not even a particularly wild one, for that matter.
Also, the splash page makes it look like somebody is trying to horsewhip the train to go faster; but let's take a look anyway: from 1977, Kid Colt Outlaw #224, featuring "The Bounty Hunter and the Bullwhip!" Written by Ron Whyte, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta; and "McClintrock's Guns" Written by Sol Brodsky, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Vince Colletta; both from 1967's Kid Colt Outlaw #137.
Although still wanted himself, in the first story Kid Colt stops a train robbery by "Bullwhip" Bull Mason and his gang--I swear these comics use the name "Bull Mason" every issue for the black hat bad guy. Although, the character is straight out of central casting. The Kid is also trailed by bounty hunter Dude Hawkins, but they end up teaming up against Bull and his gang: it comes down to a fist fight, as these stories often did. Dude offers to team up with the Kid, but until he could clear his name, he had to ride alone.
"McClintrock's Guns!" is another pretty standard western plot, that probably has too much basis in fact, as an old man and his daughter are being muscled by McClintrock to sell their farm. "Muscled" is understating it a bit, the old man's gotten shot already; so Kid Colt rides to head that off, and after the usual getting-jumped-and-fighting-the-hands, he's surprised to find out McClintrock was--gasp!--a woman! Other than that, she's a stock skunk, hiring a new fancy gunman to take Kid Colt, who is deputized by the local citizens. The gunman gets the first shot in the draw, but Kid Colt's shot is straight, and that's about that, as McClintrock seems to get off with a slight scolding.
I'm always surprised when I find something like this, or Tarzan, from 1977, the Year of Star Wars: in fact, despite being a reprint book for some time, Kid Colt Outlaw would run to #229 in 1979.
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Exactly! Just some opportunistic Karen with surprisingly progressive-minded gang of thugs. Nothing really wild about that except said thugs following a woman as their leader.
Even the name McClintrock’s wasted here, which come to think of it, sounds more like a mashup of musical genres akin to Daft Punk dabbling in country music than a western crime boss.,
Kid Colt still showed her why they’re merely the heavy of the month with his John Woo-like gunsmenship, resulting in one seemingly losing the gun between his legs after that one particular shot. Ouch!
Definitely surprised the series ran as long as it did considering how hard the superhero genre overcame all other genres.
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