Unofficial Western Comics Index

WESTERN COMICS #62

Cover Date: March-April 1957
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1957-01-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella

Story: "The Fadeaway Outlaw!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Fadeaway Outlaw (first appearance; uses tricks to disappear while being chased)

Location(s):

Elkhorn

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Second Story: "The Haircut that Betrayed Nighthawk!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Gil Kane
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
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):

Mercy Gap

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Third Story: "The Secret of the Rodeo Saddles!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gene Colan
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Rodeo Rick

Villain(s):

Jim Trent and his partners (first appearance for both; reporter who sends messages to crooks in a saddle used as a prize)

Location(s):

Arrowhead (first appearance)

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Fourth Story: "The Riddle of the Guilty Gunmen!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Howard Sherman
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Three outlaws (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Saddle Bend (first appearance)

Arroyo Junction (first appearance)

Harmony Gap (first appearance)

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