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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published June-July 1972
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (assistant)

Cover Details

Genre western
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

15 page Jonah Hex story "Promise to a Princess!"

Characters Jonah Hex; Jed; Mr. Craig; Joe Higgins; Doc Harrow; Little Fawn; Iron Jaws (Wolf); General (Jonah's Horse); Pawnee Chief
Synopsis Jonah Hex saves the life of a Pawnee Chief's daughter. When the tribe that befriended him is wiped out by smallpox riddled blankets, Jonah takes his revenge on the man responsible.
Genre western
Script John Albano
Pencils Tony Dezuñiga
Inks Tony Dezuñiga
Reprinted in Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales (DC, 1979 series) #2; in SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX (DC, 2005 series) #1

4 page El Diablo story "A Time to Die!"

Genre western
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Bernie Wrightson

11 page Bat Lash story "Brothers"

Genre western
Script Sergio Aragones; Denny O'Neil
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Part 2
Reprinted from Bat Lash (DC, 1968 series) #7 (October-November 1969)

8 page Pow-Wow Smith story "The Treasure of the Flaming Arrows!"

Genre western
Script France Herron
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Reprinted from Western Comics (DC, 1948 series) #58 (July-August 1956)