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Western Comics 43

WESTERN COMICS #43

Cover Date: January-February 1954
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Giella


Story: "Manhunt in Rainbow Canyon!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtCarmine Infantino
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Big Joe Arnold and his gang (first appearance for all; try to kill a former gang member who is informing on them)

Location(s):

Red Deer Valley


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Second Story: "Black Star Gang!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtRuben Moreira
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Nighthawk

Supporting Character(s):

Nightwind

Villain(s):

Black Star Gang (first appearance for all; uses an insider in the train station to get information on incoming shipments)

Location(s):

Cactus Corners

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-14 (September-October 1970)


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Third Story: "The Ten Trails to Tomahawk City!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtEd Smalle
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Rodeo Rick

Villain(s):

Matt Hammerly and his gang (first appearance for all; use sketches to transmit clues to cattle routes)


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Fourth Story: "The Case of the Lucky Bandits!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Villain(s):

Sunset Gap Gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Blackwater


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Second Story: "The Gun-Fighting Statue!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtRuben Moreira
Assistant editingJack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Nighthawk

Supporting Character(s):

Nightwind

Villain(s):

Jeff Argus (first appearance; kills elderly founding father of Silver Gulch)

Location(s):

Silver Gulch

Story Reprinted in:

Johnny Thunder #1 (February-March 1973)
DC Super-Stars #9 (November 1976)


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Third Story: "The Vanishing Landmark!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtRamona Fradon
Assistant editingJack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Rodeo Rick

Villain(s):

Claim Jumpers (first appearance for all; attempt to steal half a map to a gold mine)

Location(s):

Hardtack


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