Comic Title: Weird Western Tales #12
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1972
On Sale Date: April 6, 1972 Newsstand Date April 6, 1972
Source: Direct Currents, Detective Comics #423, Page 8

Newsstand Date April 6, 1972
Source: House Ad, All-Star Western #11, Page 47

Newsstand Date April 6, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #83

Copyright Date April 6, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1972

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Promise to a Princess"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Jonah Hex (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Albano
Artist: Tony DeZuniga

Reprinted In:
Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales #2 (1979)
Showcase Presents Jonah Hex Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Weird Western Tales:Jonah Hex Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Jonah Hex (last appearance in All-Star Western #11; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Iron Jaws (a wolf; first appearance; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #13)
• General (name revealed; last appearance in All-Star Western #11; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #13)

Villain(s)

• Jed and his partner (outlaws; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Mr. Craig and some townspeople (Clem named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joe Higgins (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Little Fawn (an indian girl; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The members of a Pawnee tribe (all die in this story; no further appearances)
• A doctor (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When dining in a saloon, Jonah Hex is attacked by two outlaws. He casually kills them. The people in the town, led by Mr. Craig, form a lynch mob to go after Jonah. They are distracted from their goal when a man rides into town after being shot by an arrow. By the time the townspeople return their attention to Jonah, he has left.

Outside of town, Jonah meets an indian girl named Little Fawn. She takes his gun and accidentally shoots him in the shoulder. Despite his wound, Jonah saves the little girl's life and gets her back to her village. However, she has contracted small pox as a result of diseased blankets given to the indians by Mr. Craig.

Jonah rides out from the village in search of a doctor. After finally obtaining some medicine, Jonah returns to the village where he finds the entire tribe slaughtered. He heads back to town in search of vengeance only to discover that the townspeople including Craig have contracted the pox. Jonah gives Craig the medicine intended for Little Fawn, but before the man can use it, Jonah shoots the bottle. Hex then leaves Craig to die.