Scalphunter then took Hex's place as the featured character in Weird Western Tales.

[3] The title's name was partially inspired by the sales success of Weird War Tales,[4] and signaled the loosening standards of the outdated Comics Code Authority.

[5] When Jonah Hex received his own eponymous series,[6] he was replaced as the lead feature of Weird Western Tales by Scalphunter as of issue #39 (March–April 1977).

1978) by writer Roger McKenzie and artist Dick Ayers.

[1] Weird Western Tales was revived in 2001 as a four-issue limited series.