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Weird Western Tales 20

WEIRD WESTERN TALES #20

Cover Date: November-December 1973
Cover Price: $0.20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Luis Dominguez (signed)


Story: "Blood Brothers" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Albano
ArtTony DeZuniga
EditingJoe Orlando

Feature Character(s):

Jonah Hex

Villain(s):

"Renegade" Indians (first appearance; Grey Bear named; hired to attack Fort Lang an instigate a military reprisal)
Mayor Harrison Barnett (first appearance; a would-be railroad profiteer)
John Running Wolf (first appearance; an AWOL U.S. Cavalry Corporal; a would-be railroad profiteer and younger btoher of Red Horse)
William Vandermeer (first appearance; a railroader)

Other Character(s):

Red Horse (first appearance; older brother of John Running Wolf; dies)
two local townspeople (first appearance; Red named)
Major Shaw (first appearance)
"Widow" Eileen Lacey (first appearance; an old acquaintance of Jonah Hex's)
Muriel (first appearance; wife of Red Horse)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Chief Machana (first mentioned; father of Red Horse and John Running Wolf)

Location(s):

Fort Lang
unnamed town

Story Reprinted in:

Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #2 (November-December 1979)
Showcase Presents Jonah Hex #1 (2005)


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Second Story: "Turnabout!" (4 Pages)

Credits:

PlotSergio Aragonés
StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
ArtGil Kane
LetteringBen Oda
EditingJoe Orlando

Feature Character(s):

Ben Slade (first appearance; a past-his-prime gunfighter; dies)

Villain(s):

"The Kid" (first appearance; a young upstart in a showdown with Ben Slade)

Other Character(s):

local townspeople

Location(s):

unidentified town

Story Reprinted in:

Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #3 (January-February 1980)


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