| Western Comics | |
|---|---|
 Western Comics #1 (Jan./Feb. 1948), artwork by Howard Sherman. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Bi-monthly |
| Format | Anthology |
| Publication date | Jan./Feb. 1948 – Jan./Feb. 1961 |
| No. of issues | 85 |
| Main character(s) | Pow Wow Smith Wyoming Kid Nighthawk Cowboy Marshal Rodeo Rick Matt Savage, Trail Boss Vigilante |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Don Cameron, Gardner Fox, France Herron |
| Artist(s) | Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Howard Sherman, Leonard Starr |
| Editor(s) | Whitney Ellsworth, Julius Schwartz |
Western Comics is a Western comic book series that was published by DC Comics. DC's longest-running Western title, it published 85 issues from 1948 to 1961.[1] Western Comics was an anthology series, featuring such characters as the wandering cowboy the Wyoming Kid, the Native American lawman Pow Wow Smith, the Cowboy Marshal, Jim Sawyer, showman Rodeo Rick, and Matt Savage, Trail Boss.[2] The masked Vigilante Greg Saunders appeared in the first four issues of the title, but was soon replaced by itinerant fix-it man Nighthawk.
Notable contributors included writers Don Cameron, Gardner Fox, and France Herron; and artists Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Howard Sherman, and Leonard Starr.
- ^ Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 9781605490540.
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.