Comic Title: Weird Western Tales #16
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1973
On Sale Date: December 7, 1972 Newsstand Date December 7, 1972
Source: House Ad, Demon #5, Page 29

Newsstand Date December 7, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #91

Copyright Date December 7, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Grasshopper Courage"
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Jonah Hex (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Albano
Artist: Tony DeZuniga

Reprinted In:
Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #2 (1979)
Showcase Presents Jonah Hex Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Weird Western Tales:Jonah Hex Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Jonah Hex (last appearance in Weird Western Tales #14; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• General (last appearance in Weird Western Tales #14; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #17)

Villain(s)

• Luke Little (a town sheriff; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Two escaped prisoners (both die in this story; no further appearances)
• The Scortch Donnigan Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Gauwell and Amy (a rancher and his daughter; no further appearances)
• Clem and Josh (no further appearances)
• A bartender and Abner (his son; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jonah Hex kills two escaped prisoners in a small town. He is then hired to help the local sheriff, Luke Little, in tracking down the infamous Scortch Donnigan Gang. Hex finds the gang and kills them. The sheriff then double-crosses him. He was secretly supplying the gang with information for their robberies. Hex is forced to promise that he will not pursue the sheriff. However, Scortch is not dead and gets off one last shot which kills Little. When Jonah returns to town with the sheriff's body, he stays quiet about Little's corruption.