- Weird Western Tales
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caption = Issue #14 of "Weird Western Tales" (October-November 1972), featuringJonah Hex . Art byTony DeZuniga .
schedule = Bi-monthly/Monthly (concluded)
format = Ongoing Series (concluded)
publisher =DC Comics
date = June/July 1972-Aug. 1980
issues = 59
main_char_team =Jonah Hex
Scalphunter
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comic book title published byDC Comics which ran from June-July 1972 to August 1980. It is perhaps best known for featuring the adventures ofJonah 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.Publication history
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).Revival
It was later revived in 2001 as a 4 issue
limited series .Contributors
Writers who contributed to the series include:
*John Albano
*Cary Bates
*Gerry Conway
*Michael Fleisher Artists that contributed include:
*Neal Adams
*Dick Ayers
*Tony DeZuniga
*Luis Dominguez ee also
*"
Weird War Tales ", a sister title.
*"Jonah Hex "
*"High Moon "
*Weird West , the cross-genre "Weird Western Tales" falls under
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