Texas Kid

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Gunfighter

Affiliations: Spot (his horse)

Enemies: Unspecified desperadoes preying on local settlers

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Robin Hood of the Range

Base of Operations: Red Rim Canyon, Texas, c.1870s

First Appearance: Daring Mystery Comics #1 (Timely, January 1940).

Powers/Abilities: Skilled gunslinger and horseman.

History: The Texas Kid billed himself as a "Robin Hood of the Range", and protected defenseless Texan ranchers from criminals who victimised them.

Comments: Created by Ben Thompson.

Thanks to Jess Nevins for allowing me to use information from his excellent Golden Age Heroes Directory and his Guide to Golden Age Marvel Characters. Thanks also to Richard Boucher & Darrin Wiltshire @ PR-Publications for permission to use information from their equally brilliant collection of Golden Age Sites, PR Publications. Their knowledge of Golden Age characters far outstrips my own.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

• Texas Kid, Atlas Comics character of the same name

• any other Wild West Kid (there's quite a few of them!)

Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.

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