Weird Western Tales

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Weird Western Tales

Issue #14 of Weird Western Tales (October-November 1972), featuring Jonah Hex. Art by Tony DeZuniga.
Publisher DC Comics
Schedule Bi-monthly/Monthly (concluded)
Format Ongoing Series (concluded)
Publication date June/July 1972-Aug. 1980
Number of issues 59
Main character(s) Jonah Hex
Scalphunter

Weird Western Tales is a Western genre comic book title published by DC Comics which ran from June-July 1972 to August 1980. It is perhaps best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex before the character was promoted to his own eponymous series. Scalphunter then took Hex's place as the featured character in Weird Western Tales.


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[edit] Publication history

[edit] Original series

The original title ran for 8 years and 59 issues. It started with issue #12, because it continued the numbering from the second volume of All-Star Western. It was published on a bi-monthly basis before achieving monthly publication with the November 1978 issue (#49).

[edit] Revival

It was later revived in 2001 as a 4 issue limited series.

[edit] Contributors

Writers who contributed to the series include:


Artists that contributed include:

[edit] See also


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