DC Comics · Weird Western Tales #51 · January 1979 · 40¢ · 32 pages
Grade: NM 9.4
Approved by the Comics Code Authority.
Scalphunter — Brian Savage, the frontier bounty hunter raised Kiowa — carries this issue as DC's lead Bronze Age Western character. By 1979, Weird Western Tales had fully committed to Scalphunter as the book's sole star, dropping the anthology format it held in earlier issues. The specific story content for this issue isn't something we can confirm with certainty, so we're leaving the plot beats blank rather than guessing. What we can tell you: the creative teams rotating through this title in the late-70s Scalphunter era included Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Don Newton, and Gerry Conway at various points, and the book consistently delivered tight, character-driven Western storytelling under editor Jack C. Harris.
Also inside: a promotional page for DC's Second Superman Movie Contest, tied to the 1980 theatrical release of Superman II — a genuine piece of DC's late-70s promotional push that collectors of the era find legitimately interesting.
Issue #51 lands in the final stretch of the run — Weird Western Tales would wrap at #70 in 1980. Late-run high-grade copies don't circulate often; collectors working on a complete NM run will feel this one.
Condition NM 9.4 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
DC Comics · Weird Western Tales #51 · January 1979 · 40¢ · 32 pages
Grade: NM 9.4
Approved by the Comics Code Authority.
Scalphunter — Brian Savage, the frontier bounty hunter raised Kiowa — carries this issue as DC's lead Bronze Age Western character. By 1979, Weird Western Tales had fully committed to Scalphunter as the book's sole star, dropping the anthology format it held in earlier issues. The specific story content for this issue isn't something we can confirm with certainty, so we're leaving the plot beats blank rather than guessing. What we can tell you: the creative teams rotating through this title in the late-70s Scalphunter era included Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Don Newton, and Gerry Conway at various points, and the book consistently delivered tight, character-driven Western storytelling under editor Jack C. Harris.
Also inside: a promotional page for DC's Second Superman Movie Contest, tied to the 1980 theatrical release of Superman II — a genuine piece of DC's late-70s promotional push that collectors of the era find legitimately interesting.
Issue #51 lands in the final stretch of the run — Weird Western Tales would wrap at #70 in 1980. Late-run high-grade copies don't circulate often; collectors working on a complete NM run will feel this one.
Condition NM 9.4 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
