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  2. Weird West - Wikipedia

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    Weird West, also known as Weird Western, is a term used for the hybrid genres of fantasy Western, horror Western and science fiction Western. [1] The term originated with DC's Weird Western Tales in 1972, but the idea is older as the genres have been blended since the 1930s, possibly earlier, in B-movie Westerns, comic books, movie serials and pulp magazines. [1]

  3. Weird Western Tales - Wikipedia

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    Weird Western Tales is a Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when the character was promoted to his own eponymous series. Scalphunter then took Hex's place as the featured character in Weird Western Tales.

  4. Robert E. Howard - Wikipedia

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    Reptilian conspiracy theory – Robert E. Howard's short story "The Shadow Kingdom" from Weird Tales magazine is the origin of both the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy fiction and the conspiracy theory concerning a hidden species of advanced reptilian beings disguised among us while covertly controlling the levers of power, which has been ...

  5. Western comics - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, All-Star Western changed its name to Weird Western Tales, with many stories featuring the newly created Western antihero Jonah Hex (debuting in 1975 in his own title). Weird Western Tales (sister title of Weird War Tales ) defined a new multi-genre form: " Weird West ," a combination of the Western with another literary genre, usually ...

  6. Joseph Payne Brennan - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Payne Brennan (December 20, 1918 – January 28, 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet.Of Irish ancestry, he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and he lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut, and worked as an Acquisitions Assistant at the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University for over 40 years. [1]

  7. Pedro Almodovar’s Short Western ‘Strange Way of Life ...

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    Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s short WesternStrange Way of Life,” excluding the territories of the U.K., France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain ...

  8. Lorin Morgan-Richards - Wikipedia

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    Young adult fiction, Weird West, Gothic Western, Gothic fiction, Western, short stories, humor, surrealism, literary nonsense, supernatural fiction Notable works The Goodbye Family , Me'ma and the Great Mountain , A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels , Simon Snootle and Other Small Stories , Imperfectualism

  9. Western fiction - Wikipedia

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    Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.