Outlaw Kid
The Outlaw Kid is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Lance Temple
According to one account, Lance Temple was the father of Zane Temple, a retired US Marshall. One day while Lance was still young an outlaw named Link Cado came after his father for sending him to jail years before. During the gunfight at the Temple ranch, Lance's mother was killed by a stray bullet and Zane was blinded when he was shot in the back. The battle was quickly turned thanks to the timely arrival of Emilio Diaz and Red Hawk who drove Cado and his men. Lance was raised by his blind father with the help of Emilio and Red Hawk who taught him how to ride and shoot. As an adult, Lance made a vow to his father never to use guns against his fellow man. However after hearing that Link Cado and his men were nearby decided to do something about it. With Emilio and Red Hawk's blessing and a new horse named Thunder Lance disguised himself as the Outlaw Kid and slew Cado and his men to avenge his family. (Outlaw Kid v1 #1) However, these origins have been proved to be false, and they are in fact nearly identical to a seemingly unrelated hero known as the Texas Kid. (Texas Kid v1 #1)
In reality, Lance Temple was a veteran of the Civil War who returned home to live with his father, Hoot, while working as a frontier lawyer and helping out on the family ranch. Later, the two Temple men were riding together when they were ambushed by outlaws with Hoot being blinded when a keg of dynamite exploded nearby. Lance was going to hunt down the men who had blinded his father, but Hoot made Lance promise that he would never use again use a gun, insisting that it was violence that had injured him and he didn't want a similar or worse fate to befall his son. Lance found himself unable to keep his promise, however, and created the identity of the Outlaw Kid so that he could fight evil without his father ever finding out. (Outlaw Kid v2 #10)
Not long after the debut of the Outlaw Kid, the ranches around Caliber City were terrorized by a Native American warrior named Crazy Wolf who sought to turn the local Native American tribe into going to war. With the help of Red Hawk, the Outlaw Kid found Crazy Wolf's camp and challenged him in a battle to the death. When Crazy Wolf attempted to cheat, Red Hawk slew him, insuring peace. Lance soon began seeing Belle Taylor and fell in love with her. However, Belle came to think of Lance as a coward due to his vow to his father, and became smitten by the Outlaw Kid. In order to maintain his double identity, Lance had to keep Belel at arms length so as not to compromise his double identity. Later the Outlaw Kid stopped crooked lawyer Harvey Sloan's attempt to murder judge Maddox and take his place. (Outlaw Kid v1 #1) When the town was terrorized by an outlaw named Osborn, Belle was once more disgusted by Lance's lack of courage to face him. However, Lance later confronted Osborn as the Outlaw Kid and gunned him down. When a renegade tribe of Apaches attempted to frame the local Comanches for attacks on settles in order to incite a war, the Outlaw Kid teamed with Emilio, Red Hawk, and the US Army to stop the Apaches and keep the peace. Next the Outlaw Kid came to rescue of Caliber City when it was under siege from the Barton gang. (Outlaw Kid v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
The Outlaw Kid rode a horse named Thunder. He also at some point rode a horse named Blazer.
Notes
- The Outlaw Kid was created by Doug Wildey where he made his first appearance in Outlaw Kid v1 #1 (May, 1954).
- Series writer John Ostrander explained:
- "The Outlaw Kid was once described as the closest thing in the Old West to Spider-Man. He had a father who so disapproved of guns that the character created the Outlaw Kid, and would only use guns when he was The Outlaw Kid. In my version of it, he's gone a little bit over the edge, in that his father eventually found out, and the heart attack killed him, and he's devised the Outlaw Kid into a whole different personality. And in his regular personality, he thinks the Outlaw Kid is the killer, so he's hunting himself through the miniseries."
Appearances
- Outlaw Kid v1: (1954)
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