Thorpe & Porter, c.1953 — 68 pages
Big, brash British Kid Colt with everything you want from early-’50s Western comics — bar-room brawls, ambushes in the badlands, crooked dealmakers, and Colt riding straight through the mess with iron on his hip. This is the classic UK square-back format: thick, hefty, and closer to a pulp magazine than a thin American spinner.
Thorpe & Porter’s British editions hit different. Heavier paper stock, strong color, and a presence on the shelf you don’t get with later reprints. The cover here is pure action — Kid Colt firing point-blank while chaos unfolds behind him. It’s the kind of image that sold comics off the rack long before anyone cared about condition numbers.
This copy grades VG- (3.5) with heavy shelf wear but solid bones. Expect noticeable edge and corner wear, surface scuffing, and general handling marks, but the book remains fully intact. The spine is present and holding, the interior is complete, and the pages show natural age-toning. A well-read Western that still displays great and feels sturdy in hand.
Thorpe & Porter, c.1953 — 68 pages
Big, brash British Kid Colt with everything you want from early-’50s Western comics — bar-room brawls, ambushes in the badlands, crooked dealmakers, and Colt riding straight through the mess with iron on his hip. This is the classic UK square-back format: thick, hefty, and closer to a pulp magazine than a thin American spinner.
Thorpe & Porter’s British editions hit different. Heavier paper stock, strong color, and a presence on the shelf you don’t get with later reprints. The cover here is pure action — Kid Colt firing point-blank while chaos unfolds behind him. It’s the kind of image that sold comics off the rack long before anyone cared about condition numbers.
This copy grades VG- (3.5) with heavy shelf wear but solid bones. Expect noticeable edge and corner wear, surface scuffing, and general handling marks, but the book remains fully intact. The spine is present and holding, the interior is complete, and the pages show natural age-toning. A well-read Western that still displays great and feels sturdy in hand.
