Comic Title: Weird Western Tales #31
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1975
On Sale Date: August 12, 1975 Newsstand Date August 12, 1975
Source: Comic Reader, #121

Copyright Date August 12, 1975
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1975

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Gunfight at Wolverine"
Pages: 18

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

Writer: Michael L. Fleisher
Artist: George Moliterni

Reprinted In:
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 #30; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #32)

Villain(s)

• The Butch McCandless Gang (Hank, Luke, and Blackie named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dave Prentice (a former Confederate soldier; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Sandy and Tommy (Dave's wife and son; no further appearances)
• Jake (a town drunk; no further appearances)
• Several townspeople (Fred named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place in Wolverine, Wyoming in June 1875. Given events later in the Jonah Hex timeline, including his trip to the future in 1875, this story most likely takes place several years earlier.

Synopsis:
Jonah Hex receives a telegram from Dave Prentice, who fought beside Jonah during the Civil War. Prentice is now the sheriff of a small town in Wolverine, Wyoming. After helping Prentice fight the Butch McCandless Gang, Jonah learns that his friend is dying from tuberculosis. Dave has arranged a gunfight between himself and Hex. He has sold tickets to the duel to provide for his family. Hex refuses to fight. When Dave tries to shoot Jonah in the back, his own wife kills him. Jonah makes sure the woman and her son are taken care of before riding out of town.