Unofficial Western Comics Index

WESTERN COMICS #44

Cover Date: March-April 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-01-11

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Sy Barry

Story: "The Law's Outlaw!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ed Herron
Art	Carmine Infantino
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith (first appearance; a Sioux deputy sheriff; pretends to get fired so he can draw out the gang)

Villain(s):

Frazure and his gang (first appearance for all; poses as a General Store owner)

Location(s):

Elkhorn (first appearance; unnamed)

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-15 (September-October 1970)

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Second Story: "A Cage for Nighthawk" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Nighthawk (framed for a prospector's murder as Hannibal)

Villain(s):

Pete Breslin and Rusty (first appearance for both; kill a prospector and steal his gold, then plant some in Hannibal's wagon)

Location(s):

Nugget Notch (first appearance)

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Third Story: "The Riddle of the Vanishing Rodeo Rider!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Ed Smalle
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Rodeo Rick

Villain(s):

Hal Mason (first appearance; a rodeo rider who fakes his kidnapping for the ransom)

Location(s):

Rawhide (first appearance)

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Fourth Story: "The Boy Lawman!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Howard Sherman
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid (was in Twin Creek two years ago)

Villain(s):

Stan Turner and his gang (first appearance for all; steals gold and frames a night watchman)

Location(s):

Twin Creek (first appearance)

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