Unofficial Weird Western Tales Index

WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71

Cover Date: March 2010
Cover Price: $2.99
Publication Date: 2010-01-06

Cover Credits:
Art: Bill Sienkiewicz

Story: "And The South Shall Rise Again" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dan DiDio
Art	Renato Arlem
Colors	Hi-Fi
Lettering	Ken Lopez
Assistant editing	Rachel Gluckstern
Editing	Mike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Joshua Turnbull (first appearance; a descendant of Quentin Turnbull; dies)

Guest Star(s):

Ray II

Java (next in Outsiders Vol. 4 #30)

Simon Stagg (next in Outsiders Vol. 4 #30)

Villain(s):

Black Lantern Corps

Bat Lash

Firehair

Jonah Hex (next in Blackest Night: The Flash #2)

Quentin Turnbull (last seen)

Scalphunter

Super-Chief (last seen)

Trigger Twins

Walt Trigger

Wayne Trigger

Other Character(s):

Alicia (first appearance; an assistant to Joshua Turnbull; dies)

Jensen (first appearance; an assistant to Joshua Turnbull; dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Illumination (a ghost town now harboring an underground research facility, somewhere in the Southwest; see Comments)

Comment(s):

Illumination is said to be near Fort Charlotte, presumed to be in the Carolinas, however it's clear from the artwork the current location is in the desert Southwest.

A Blackest Night issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns ([September] 2010)

Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010 [September 2011])

Solicitation:

The gun-slinging action continues! Western heroes Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, Scalphunter and Firehair rise from the dead as Black Lanterns. But will they save the west—or ruin it?

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