Saturday, July 2, 2022

Johnny Thunder Reprints

Did you know the classic Western version of Johnny Thunder (with secret identity of John Tane) had his own title in the 1970s?

True, it only featured reprints of his stories (as well as some from Nighthawk/Hannibal Hawkes, the Trigger Twins/Walt and Wayne Trigger) with cover art by Alex Toth....but they did exist!


Johnny Thunder #1 (February-March, 1973)

Johnny Thunder reprints from All-American Western #103 (November, 1948) with The City Without Guns and #125 (April-May, 1952) with Johnny Thunder's Last Roundup and Nighthawk reprint from Western Comics #42 (November-December, 1953) with The Gun-Fighting Statue.


All this and a little on the history of Johnny Thunder by editor E. Nelson Bridwell.





Johnny Thunder #2 (April-May, 1973)

Johnny Thunder reprints from All-Star Western #73 and #74 (October-November, 1953 and December-January 1953/1954) with Battle Of The War Bonnet and Decoy At Canyon Pass, Trigger Twins reprint from All-Star Western #96 (August-September, 1957) with Ambush At Arrow Hill and Nighthawk reprint from Western Comics #71 (September-October, 1958) with The Amazing Quest For Nighthawk's Identity.







Johnny Thunder #3 (July-August, 1973)


Johnny Thunder reprints from All-American Western #122 (October-November, 1951) and All-Star Western #71 (June-July, 1953) with The Real Johnny Thunder and Battle For Mesa City, and Nighthawk reprint from Western Comics #75 (May-June, 1959) with Secret Of The Outlaw Timepiece.
 



Say, you need a little history of all the people named Johnny Thunder....read more here!



1 comment:

  1. it was part of the flood of reprints that both DC and Marvel did at that time to try to grab display space. Marvel had more success with theirs, probably because Infantino never had any patience to see if a title would grow in sales. However, those reprint books introduced me to Boy Commandos, Metal Men, Challengers of the Unknown and Doom Patrol, which I will forever be grateful for.

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