''Weird Western Tales'' is a

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genre

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published by

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from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of

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until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when the character was promoted to his own eponymous series. Scalphunter then took Hex's place as the featured character in ''Weird Western Tales''.

Publication history

Original series

The original title ran for eight years and 59 issues. It started with issue #12 (June–July 1972), continuing the numbering from the second volume of ''

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'' two issues after the first appearance of Jonah Hex. The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of ''

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'', and signaled the loosening standards of the outdated

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. When Jonah Hex received his own eponymous series, he was replaced as the lead feature of ''Weird Western Tales'' by Scalphunter as of issue #39 (March–April 1977). The character Cinnamon was introduced in issue #48 (Sept.–Oct. 1978) by writer

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and artist

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. The final issue was #70 (August 1980).

Revival

''Weird Western Tales'' was revived in 2001 as a four-issue

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. This series had no relation to the earlier title, instead featuring a series of one-shot Western-based stories.

Blackest Night

A one-shot revival of the series utilizing the original numbering #71 (March 2010) was published as a

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to the ''

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'' limited series.

Collected editions

* ''

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: Jonah Hex'' ** ''Volume 1'' includes ''Weird Western Tales'' #12–14 and 16–33, 528 pages, November 2005, ** ''Volume 2'' includes ''Weird Western Tales'' #34–38, 544 pages, March 2014,

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