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ran 62 bimonthly issues through #119 (July 1961). The cover logo did not include a hyphen until issue #108 (Sept. 1959), when it was much reduced in size and placed above the much larger logo for what was then the title feature,
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The Western comic had all but ridden off into the sunset, until the arrival of Jonah Hex gave the genre a new face...A tale by John Albano and drawn by Tony DeZuniga immediately presented the bounty hunter as a cold-blooded
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After issue #21 the backup features stopped. Beginning with issue #21 the comic was about Jonah Hex and his adventures in the present. He meets the heroes of the present. Characters met in the present:
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The series was revived in the following decade, and ran 11 bimonthly issues (Sept. 1970 – May 1972) before changing its title and, slightly its format to become
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and artist Infantino; and, beginning with #67 (Nov. 1952), "Johnny Thunder", featuring the masked, vigilante persona of a
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Vol. 1 (Billy the Kid Outlaw stories, "The Night of the Snake" feature and Jonah Hex stories from
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stories. The first ran from 1951 to 1961, the second from 1970 to 1972 and the third was part of
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with issue #12 (July 1972), and he continued into issue #38 (Feb. 1977) of the 59-issue series.
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settlement. The character had been created by writer Kanigher and artist Toth in DC's
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began with #58 (May 1951), having taken over the number of its predecessor title,
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Issue #10 (February–March 1972) introduced the enduring and popular character
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The series was discontinued with issue #34 (released in August 2014).
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omnibus that years before had introduced the enduring team the
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Index


Gil Kane
Frank Giacoia
Publisher
DC Comics
Ongoing series
Super-Chief
Johnny Thunder
Trigger Twins
Jonah Hex
Bat Lash
El Diablo
Pow-Wow Smith
Jonah Hex
Amadeus Arkham
Gardner Fox
Robert Kanigher
John Albano
Justin Gray
Jimmy Palmiotti
Penciller(s)
Gil Kane
Carmine Infantino
Alex Toth
Tony DeZuniga
Moritat
Staz Johnson
American
comic book
DC Comics

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