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Western Comics 79

WESTERN COMICS #79

Cover Date: January-February 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-11-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Trail of Vengeance!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsGil Kane
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Matt Savage

Supporting Character(s):

Clay Dixon
Jim Grant
Luther Jones
Manuel Ortega
Abe Wilson
Red
Biscuits Baker

Villain(s):

Grey Wolf (first appearance; tries to stir up trouble between the Indians and the white men)

Other Character(s):

General George Custer (first appearance)

Location(s):

Comanche Wells, TX (where the drive begins)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in early June, 1876.


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Second Story: "The Buffalo-Hide Bandits!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtCarmine Infantino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Two stage coach robbers
A rival Sioux clan

Other Character(s):

Chief Thunderwater (a Sioux and adoptive father of Pow-Wow Smith (Ohiyesa))
Hank Brown

Location(s):

Elkhorn
Sioux camp

Story Reprinted in:

All-Star Western Vol. 2 #11 (April-May 1972)


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Third Story: "The Riddle of the Gold Watch!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid (masquerades as Charlie Tall Bear, a great Indian tracker)

Villain(s):

Phil Terry (first appearance; steals watch intended for Wyoming Kid for revenge)

Location(s):

Cholla Bend (first appearance; visited there a year before by Wyoming Kid)


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