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
- 1978-08-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893213183
- Editing
- Larry Hama (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the 1978 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov). Date given as August 17 in DC Coming Attractions #23. Date given as August 15 in Comic Reader #159 and in house ads in Action Comics #489 and Unexpected #188.
Julius Schwartz and E. Nelson Bridwell credited as editor and associate editor in indicia in error.
Julius Schwartz and E. Nelson Bridwell credited as editor and associate editor in indicia in error.
[no title indexed]
Bat Lash; Jonah Hex; Scalphunter / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Inks
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- C-820
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jonah Hex; Scalphunter; Bat Lash
[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
- 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
- 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) ([September] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Title taken from story elements.
Rights of Passage
Scalphunter / comic story / 17 pages
- 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]
Bat Lash; Jonah Hex; 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]
Bat Lash; Jonah Hex; Scalphunter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Paul Robinson
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Van Dore
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