Unofficial Western Comics Index

WESTERN COMICS #63

Cover Date: May-June 1957
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1957-03-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Secret of the Indian Rattle!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Carmine Infantino
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Hungry Horse (first appearance; uses tricks to discredit Red Shield, a Mandan Indian shaman)

Location(s):

American midwest in the 19th Century

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Second Story: "Nighthawk's Identity-Guessing Contest!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Nighthawk

Supporting Character(s):

Nightwind (his horse)

Villain(s):

A gang of robbers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Bowknot

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Third Story: "No Rodeo for Redstone!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Sid Greene
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Lettering	Milt Snappin
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Rodeo Rick (also in flashbacks to 11 years ago)

Villain(s):

Rustlers (first appearance for all; planning to rob a cattle breeder)

Location(s):

Redstone (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Rick has been a professional rodeo rider for 11 years.

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Fourth Story: "The Show-Off of Horseshoe Gap!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Howard Sherman
Lettering	Joe Letterese
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid (becomes boastful to encourage a young future sheriff)

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Three outlaws (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Horseshoe Gap (first appearance)

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