The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) is a

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Old West character in the Marvel Comics universe, mostly seen in stories from Marvel's 1950s precursor,

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. This character was named after, but is unrelated to, the real-life Native American man known as

The Apache Kid (Haskay-bay-nay-natyl) Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl ( 1860 – in or after 1894), better known as the Apache Kid, was born in Aravaipa Canyon (25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Carlos Agency) into one of the three local groups of the Aravaipa/Arivaipa Apache Band (in Apa ...

Publication history

The Apache Kid (Alan Krandal) debuted as the cover feature, drawn by a young

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, of ''Two-Gun Western'' #5 ( cover-dated Nov. 1950). The writer co-creator is unknown. He received his own title the following month, premiering as ''The Apache Kid'' #53 (Dec. 1950, picking up the numbering from ''Reno Browne, Hollywood's Greatest Cowgirl'')''Apache Kid''
at AtlasTales.com and then running as ''Apache Kid'' #2-19 (Feb. 1951 - Jan. 1952; Dec. 1954 - April 1956). Stories also ran in the omnibus titles ''Two-Gun Western'' #5-9 (Nov. 1950 - Aug. 1951) and '' Wild Western'' #15-22 (April 1951 - June 1952). After that initial Buscema story and at least two by Joe Maneely (who would also do many of the later covers), the bulk of the book's run would be

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and inked by future Silver Age '' X-Men'' artist Werner Roth.