Western Comics Pow Wow Smith

There were two Pow Wow Smith's running around at DC.  The first was the sheriff in Detective Comics, but later, DC introduced his ancestor, Ohiyesa "Pow-Wow" Smith, who fought criminals in the wild west of the 19th Century (and starting in Western Comics #44 (March-April, 1954)), with the 20th Century having one adventure in Western Comics #43 (January-February, 1954).

Here are a few of his great Gil Kane covers from later in Pow Wow's career!

Western Comics #58 and #60 (July-August and November-December, 1956)

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Western Comics #62 and #63 (March-April and May-June, 1957)

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Western Comics #66 and #67 (November-December, 1957 and January-February, 1958)

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Western Comics #69 and #70 (May-June and July-August, 1958)

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Western Comics #71 and #73 (September-October, 1958 and January-February, 1959)

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Matt Savage Trail Boss

Matt Savage was an army scout who served bravely, but then went into work as a miner, but that didn't work out. So, Matt Savage took to the trails and was a trail boss, leading cattle and settlers through the rough terrain of Texas to Kansas in the 19th Century.

His adventures ran from Western Comics #77 to #85 (and looked a little like John Wayne!), with cover art by Gil Kane and Joe Giella, with stories by Gardner Fox.

Later stories related him to Scalphunter/Brian Savage and Balloon Buster/Steve Savage.

Western Comics #77 and #78 (September-October and November-December, 1959)

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Western Comics #79 and #80 (January-February and March-April, 1960)

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Western Comics #81 and #82 (May-June and July-August, 1960)

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Western Comics #83 and #84 (September-October and November-December, 1960)

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Western Comics #85 (January-February, 1961)

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