Welcome back. Please log in.

offwhite to white pages
Barry Smith art; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
Giant-size issue; mix of new and reprint stories. The original Ghost Rider in "The Gunhawk, the Killer, and the Ghost Rider." Script by Gary Friedrich, art by Dick Ayers. "Call Them Renegades." Script by Mike Friedrich, art by Tom Sutton.Continuation of story in issue 1. "There He Is! Here Comes the Outcast!" Script by Steve Parkhouse, pencils by Barry Smith, inks by Sam Grainger. Reprints: "Black Mask." Art by Syd Shores. The Western Kid in "Land of the Lawless!" Art by John Romita Sr. The Apache Kid stars in "Poison Arrow." Herb Trimpe cover.


Artists Information

Richard "Dick" Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of the main inkers during the late-1950's and 1960's Silver Age of Comics, including some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' including Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four. He is the signature penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s. His career would span 7 decades until his death in 2014.

Herb Trimpe was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men. During his career he would draw nearly every character in the Marvel stable, and a few that weren't including memorable work he provided for Marvel's 1980's licensed titles for Godzilla, Shogun Warriors and The Transformers.

John Romita was one of the driving forces behind Marvel's Silver Age, he took up the reins on Spider-Man following the departure of Steve Ditko with issue #38. Romita's run on Spider-Man would be long and significant, introducing characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Kingpin and many others. He would be a major contributor to the entire Marvel line throughout the 1970s including designing the look of The Punisher.