Weird Western Tales #44
dc • 1978
- Series
- Weird Western Tales
- Issue
- 44
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Cover date
- Feb 1, 1978
- Story title
- Covered Wagon To Doomsday!
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Weird Western Tales #44 was published by DC Comics in 1978 during the twilight of the company's dedicated western line. By the late 1970s, the popularity of the traditional western genre in American comics had waned significantly compared to the flourishing superhero market, leading DC to move many of these titles toward supernatural or horror-inflected storytelling to maintain reader interest.
The issue features the character Jonah Hex, the gritty, scarred anti-hero created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga, who served as the anchor for the title's later run. The art and writing from this period leaned heavily into the darker, more cynical tone that defined Hex's journey across the frontier, reflecting a broader editorial shift at DC to provide more mature, atmospheric narratives that diverged from the optimistic tone of their Justice League stable.
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