DC Special Series
#16 - Jonah Hex Spectacular
(Fall 1978)
DC,
1977 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year
- On-sale date
- 1978-08-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893213183
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Larry Hama (editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U.S. (1-17, 20-22); Digest (18, 19, 23, 24); Tabloid (25-27)
- Paper Stock
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding
- Saddle-Stitched (1-17, 20-22, 25-27); Squarebound (18, 19, 23, 24)
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #159 and house ads like the one in Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #188.
Julius Schwartz and E. Nelson Bridwell credited as editor and associate editor in indicia in error.
[Incident at the Spanish Lady Saloon]
Jonah Hex / illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher ?
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed)
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- C-820
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jonah Hex
Indexer Notes
On the inside front and inside back covers.
The Last Bounty Hunter!
Jonah Hex / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jonah Hex; George Barrow Gang [Zeke; Frank; Larry; George Barrow; Luke]; Michael Wheeler; Tall Bird; Lew Farnham; Simon; Chief Crawford
- Synopsis
- In 1904, Jonah Hex has become the last bounty hunter left in the West. He is gunned down by George Barrow and his corpse is mummified and displayed in a carnival side-show.
- Reprints
-
in Caliber (Semic, 1994 series) #6/1996 ([november] 1996)
-
Indexer Notes
Ending of story based on a news story about Elmer McCurdy.
[Chinatown]
Bat Lash / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- George Moliterni
- Inks
- George Moliterni
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-5236
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bat Lash; Mister Ho; Flaherty; Hogan; Pao Ling; Shaugnessy; Mr. Pao; Chang
- Synopsis
- All Bat Lash wanted was a place to play cards. When all the normal places in San Francisco have thrown him out, he ends up in Chinatown.
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Bat Lash (DC, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Title taken from story elements.
Rights of Passage
Scalphunter / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Danny Bulanadi
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Job Number
- J-5393
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Scalphunter; Sixteen Hands Horse; Silver Running Fawn; Jeremiah; Moses; Charles Hamelton; John Henry
- Synopsis
- Scalphunter proves himself a man to the rest of the Kiowa warriors.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Jonah Hex; Bat Lash; Scalphunter -
1.
[Incident at the Spanish Lady Saloon]
Jonah Hex -
2.
The Last Bounty Hunter!
Jonah Hex -
3.
[Chinatown]
Bat Lash -
4.
Rights of Passage
Scalphunter -
5.
[no title indexed]
Jonah Hex; Bat Lash; Scalphunter
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Steven Rowe
- Paul Robinson
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Matthew Head
- John Monagle
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- Gene Reed
- Tony R. Rose
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
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