Weird Western Tales
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Publication history
Original series
The original title ran for eight years and 59 issues.[1][2] It started with issue #12 (June–July 1972), continuing the numbering from the second volume of All-Star Western two issues after the first appearance of Jonah Hex.[3] The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of Weird War Tales,[4] and signaled the loosening standards of the outdated Comics Code Authority.[5]
When Jonah Hex received his own eponymous series,[6] he was replaced as the lead feature of Weird Western Tales by Scalphunter as of issue #39 (March–April 1977).[7] The character Cinnamon was introduced in issue #48 (Sept.–Oct. 1978) by writer Roger McKenzie and artist Jack Abel.[8] The final issue was #70 (August 1980).[1]
Revival
Weird Western Tales was revived in 2001 as a four-issue limited series.[9] This series had no relation to the earlier title, instead featuring a series of one-shot Western-based stories.
Blackest Night
A one-shot revival of the series utilizing the original numbering #71 (March 2010)[10] was published as a tie-in to the Blackest Night limited series.[11]
Collected editions
- Showcase Presents: Jonah Hex
- Volume 1 includes Weird Western Tales #12–14 and 16–33, 528 pages, November 2005, Template:ISBN
- Volume 2 includes Weird Western Tales #34–38, 544 pages, March 2014, Template:ISBN
See also
- High Moon
- Weird West, the cross-genre
References
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- ↑ a b Weird Western Tales at the Grand Comics Database
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- ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 173: "In true nomad fashion, disfigured gunman Jonah Hex rode his horse out of Weird Western Tales and into his own comic".
- ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 173: "With scarred gunslinger Jonah Hex riding off into his own series, writer Michael Fleisher and artist Dick Ayers produced a new outcast to headline Weird Western Tales. Scalphunter was 'a man who lived in two worlds, but was at home in neither'".
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- ↑ Weird Western Tales vol. 2 at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Weird Western Tales #71 at the Grand Comics Database
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External links
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- Weird Western Tales and Weird Western Tales vol. 2 at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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