Comic Title: All Star Western #78
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1954
On Sale Date: June 2, 1954 Copyright Date May 31, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.


Newsstand Date June 2, 1954
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V9 #4

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Dust Bowl Deathtrap"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Strong Bow

Feature Character(s)

• Strong Bow (last appearance in All Star Western #77; next appearance in All Star Western #79)

Villain(s)

• Dark Crow and his brothers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chief Great Elk and his tribe (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Drought strikes the village of an indian tribe led by Chief Great Elk. Dark Crow, the chief's rival, encourages the villagers to abandon their homes and seek water elsewhere. Strong Bow arrives in the village before they leave and offers to find water. Dark Crow and his brothers follow and try to kill him. Strong Bow takes refuge in a cavern containing an underground river. He diverts the river to the village and provides water to the villagers. Dark Crow admits that he wanted to assume leadership of the village to gain revenge upon his former homeland which exiled him. As punishment, Dark Crow is once again sent into exile.