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July 11, 2011

One-Shot At Greatness #67 Kid Colt

Filed under: One-Shot At Greatness — Doorman @ 6:33 am

Because publishers want you to buy their product every month, comics are typically serial in nature. However, occasionally (and more often nowadays than ever before) publishers launch a comic title that is only meant to last for one issue. While ongoing series often have multiple chances to hook in new readers, the comics highlighted in this ongoing investigations only had One-Shot At Greatness!

Kid Colt #1Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Date: September 2009
Cover Price: $3.99
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Artist: Rick Burchett

*Warning! Plot Spoilers Below*

Blaine Cole is a teenager on the run from the law. Sheriff McGreeley claims the young boy, nicknamed Kid Colt, murdered an innocent farmer. And, the Sheriff has hired Sherman Wilks, the deadliest bounty killer, to find Kid Colt. However, U.S. Marshal Samuel Gemmell might have a problem with that because he wants to see the Kid questioned and offered a fair trial – not killed!

While Kid Colt and his drifter companion, Everett Hawkmore, are out looking for an eye witness that can clear him of the murder charges, they come under attack by Sherman Wilks and his posse. And, after some fancy shooting by the Kid, the duo makes a break for it. They come across a burned down house and make their camp there. After hours have passed, Wilks and his bounty hunters catch up to the Kid & Hawkmore … and then they all find themselves set upon by raiding Scavengers! So, an unlikely truce is formed as our heroes team up with the men who were sent to kill them.

After the smoke clears, it’s just Kid Colt and Everett Hawkmore left … with Wilks aiming his shotgun at them both. The men swap stories – Kid Colt explains the circumstances behid his murder charge and Wilks reveals how and why he became a bounty hunter. Eventually, the two agree to a shoot out in order to determine their fate. After all, every good Western story should have a shoot out, right?

This story is pretty much a modern re-telling of Kid Colt’s beginnings. The interesting thing about his origin is that Colt is, indeed, a killer! He killed his father’s murderer in a fair fight, though, and in the “wild west” stories, this would have been a pardonable offense. However, the man he killed happens to be the Sheriff’s brother – with that in mind, you can bet that the Sheriff is out to get the Kid. So, while looking for a witness to clear his name, the Kid gets involved in other heroic adventures. Adventures like this one. And, it’s certainly good Western fun. I don’t know how long the concept could continue before it grew old but, it makes for a fine and dandy one-shot!

On Ebay: Kid Colt | Tom DeFalco
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