Outlaw Kid
A western crimefighter with a split personality
Name:
Outlaw Kid
Publisher:
Real name:
Lance Temple
Aliases:
- Lance Temple
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Marksmanship
First issue:
The Outlaw Kid (1954) #1 The Beginning!
Origin
A lawyer and Civil War veteran living with his blind father. He promised his father that he would never take-up a gun again, but he wanted to right the wrongs in a near-lawless frontier so he donned a mask. Which caused him to experience a split personality, one for justice and one to obey his fathers wishes.
Creation
Outlaw Kid was created by Doug Wildey and first appeared in The Outlaw Kid Vol.1 issue 1 (1954). He had his origin as a reboot version of the earlier Western hero Texas Kid, but he quickly became his own character.
Major Story Arcs
Blaze of Glory
Finally getting courage Lance revealed his secret identity to his father. This shock caused his father's death. This furthered his split personality as he started to wander the west. Lance would join other western heroes to help save the town of Wonderment from a band called Nightriders. He would make his end during the last stand-off. This was in the Blaze of Glory story arc.
