Originally his cover logo was subtitled "Hero of the West" but by issue three this was changed to "Outlaw".

Cover artists included such notables as Joe Maneely, John Severin, and Russ Heath, until the frequent Marvel cover team of penciller Jack Kirby and inker Dick Ayers took over for the bulk of them from 1959-1965.

The series ended with #229 (April 1979), making it the longest-running Western comic book.

[6] Aside from assisting with backgrounds for artist Tom Gill, the artist Herb Trimpe made his professional comics debut with two Kid Colt Western stories, in Kid Colt, Outlaw #134–135 (May and July 1967).

[7] Kid Colt, Outlaw won the Alley Award for Best Western Title in 1966.