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Weird Western Tales 39

WEIRD WESTERN TALES #39

Cover Date: March-April 1977
Cover Price: $0.30
Publication Date: 1976-12-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks: George Evans (signed)


Story: "Scalphunter" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMichael L. Fleisher
PencilsDick Ayers
InksGeorge Evans
EditingJoe Orlando

Feature Character(s):

Scalphunter (first appearance; a white man raised by Kiowa Indians; name Ke-Woh-No-Tey; also in flashback)

Villain(s):

Grave robbers (first appearance for all; several die; Monty named)

Other Character(s):

Matt Savage (first appearance; Scalphunter's birth father; a wealthy landowner; also briefly in flashback; dies)
Laurie Savage (first appearance; Scalphunter's birth mother; in flashback only; dies in flashback)

Location(s):

Missouri
Hainsville Prison
Kansas

Comment(s):

Ke-Woh-No-Tay is 23 years old in this story.
It was thought that the Matt Savage shown in this story was the same person as Matt Savage, but since it was shown later that Scalphunter is a contemporary of the Trailboss Matt Savage, they are probably a second or third cousin.

Story Reprinted in:

Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #1 (September-October 1979)


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