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| The GUNHAWKS was just one
of an explosion of titles realeased by Marvel Comics in the fall of 1972.
Roy Thomas, long Stan Lee's right-hand man, had succeeded his mentor as
Editor-In-Chief of Marvel (when Lee became Publisher). One of his first
acts was to radically expand the line with comics of all genres--Westerns,
pulp heroes, horror, etc. The only comics which really lost out were
Marvel's romance & humor comics, with MILLIE THE MODEL ending a 200+
issue run. |
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#1: October, 1972 - #7: October, 1973
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The Gunhawks
#1
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The Gunhawks
#2
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The Gunhawks
#3
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The Gunhawks
#4
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The Gunhawks
#5
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The Gunhawks
#6
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| With the death of Kid Cassidy
in issue #6, the title of the book changed with #7 to the solo GUNHAWK.
Surely, this was one of the first Western comics ever to feature a black
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Unfortunately, GUNHAWK #7 was
to be the book's final issue. Despite Roy Thomas' best efforts, Westerns--
along with all other non-super-hero comics (except, maybe, CONAN)--just
ran out of steam in the early 1970's. |
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Gunhawk #7
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