Western Comics #73 (1959) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Return of the Fadeaway Outlaw!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Pow-Wow Smith
2	The Return of the Fadeaway Outlaw!	comic story	11.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Carmine Infantino; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Pow-Wow Smith
5	Formula for Success!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Jack Schiff	Jimmy
6	Nighthawk's Tricky Dilemma!	comic story	6.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Sachs; letters: Joe Letterese	Nighthawk [Hannibal Hawkes]; Nightwind
8	Tsoyaha, Pequot, Miniconju	comic story	0.5	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
10	Strange Indian Beliefs	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11	-	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
12	The Riddle Robber!	comic story	5.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Milt Snapinn	The Wyoming Kid

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
All-Star Western #1	1970	On eBay ›
Legends of the DC Universe: Carmine Infantino #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-166-8	2023	On eBay ›

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