Unofficial Western Comics Index

WESTERN COMICS #70

Cover Date: July-August 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-05-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Menace of the Flaming Totem Pole!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Carmine Infantino
Lettering	Gaspar Saladino
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Chalkat and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Pacific Northwest

Vancouver Island

Story Reprinted in:

All-Star Western #9 (December-January 1971-2)

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Second Story: "Prisoner in the Sky!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Lettering	Joe Letterese
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Nighthawk

Supporting Character(s):

Nightwind (his horse; narrates this story)

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; accidentally discover Hawkes is Nighthawk)

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Third Story: "The Mystery of the Bearded Prospector!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Howard Sherman
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Wyoming Kid

Supporting Character(s):

Racer (his horse)

Villain(s):

Red Morton (first appearance; files a false claim to a gold strike)

Location(s):

Concha Gap

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