Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics
Weird Western Tales
Cover of Weird Western Tales #12 (June - July 1972), the first issue of the series under that title; art by Joe Kubert.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
Schedule
Bimonthly/Monthly
Format
Ongoing series
Publication date
List
(vol. 1) June–July 1972 – August 1980 (vol. 2) April 2001–July 2001
No. of issues
List
Vol. 1: 59 Vol. 2: 4
Main character(s)
Jonah Hex Scalphunter Cinnamon
Creative team
Written by
List
John Albano Cary Bates Michael Fleisher Gerry Conway Roger McKenzie
Penciller(s)
List
Tony DeZuniga Neal Adams Gil Kane Bill Draut Alfredo Alcala José Luis García-López Howard Chaykin Dick Ayers
Inker(s)
List
Frank Springer George Evans Danny Bulanadi Luis Dominguez Romeo Tanghal
Weird Western Tales is a Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when 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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