Western Comics

Western Comics was a Western comic book series published by DC Comics. DC's longest-running Western title, it published 85 issues from 1948 to 1961. 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. The masked Vigilante Greg Saunders appeared in the first four issues of the title, but was soon replaced by itinerant fix-it man Nighthawk.

Western Comics
Western Comics #1 (Jan./Feb. 1948), artwork by Howard Sherman.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly
FormatAnthology
Publication dateJan./Feb. 1948 – Jan./Feb. 1961
No. of issues85
Main character(s)Pow Wow Smith
Wyoming Kid
Nighthawk
Cowboy Marshal
Rodeo Rick
Matt Savage, Trail Boss
Vigilante
Creative team
Written byDon Cameron, Gardner Fox, France Herron
Artist(s)Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Howard Sherman, Leonard Starr
Editor(s)Whitney Ellsworth, Julius Schwartz

Notable contributors included writers Don Cameron, Gardner Fox, and France Herron; and artists Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Howard Sherman, and Leonard Starr.

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