Apache Skies

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Apache Skies
Apache Skies no. 1 (front cover).jpg
Cover of Apache Skies 1 (September 2002)
Art by Leonardo Manco
Publication information
Publisher MAX (Marvel Comics)
ScheduleMonthly
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication dateSeptember – December 2002
No. of issues4
Main character(s) Apache Kid
Rawhide Kid
Creative team
Written by John Ostrander
Artist(s) Leonardo Manco
Letterer(s) Paul Tutrone
Colorist(s) Leonardo Manco
Editor(s) Tom Brevoort
Collected editions
Apache Skies ISBN   0-7851-1086-0

Apache Skies is a four-issue comic book limited series, published in 2002 by Marvel Comics as a part of that company's MAX imprint. The series was written by John Ostrander and drawn by Leonardo Manco.

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A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although comics has some origins in 18th century Japan, comic books were first popularized in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1930s. The first modern comic book, Famous Funnies, was released in the U.S. in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips, which had established many of the story-telling devices used in comics. The term comic book derives from American comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone; however, this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres, usually not humorous in tone.

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Contents

The series was a sequel to 2000s Blaze of Glory .

Plot summary

After the death of the Apache Kid, the Rawhide Kid joins forces with the new Apache Kid to find the killer.

Apache Kid (comics)

The Apache Kid is a fictional Old West character in the Marvel Comics universe, mostly seen in stories from Marvel's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. This character was named after, but is unrelated to, the real-life Native American man known as The Apache Kid (Haskay-bay-nay-natyl).

Rawhide Kid

The Rawhide Kid is a fictional Old West cowboy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A heroic gunfighter of the 19th-century American West who was unjustly wanted as an outlaw, he is one of Marvel's most prolific Western characters. He and other Marvel western heroes have on rare occasions guest-starred through time travel in such contemporary titles as The Avengers and West Coast Avengers. In two mature-audience miniseries, in 2003 and 2010, he is depicted as gay.

Collected editions

It was published in a collected trade paperback as Apache Skies ( ISBN   0-7851-1086-0) in 2002.

In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme.

International Standard Book Number Unique numeric book identifier

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