Comic Title: Weird Western Tales #25
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1974
On Sale Date: August 8, 1974 Newsstand Date August 8, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #109

Copyright Date August 8, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Showdown with the Dangling Man"
Pages: 20

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

Writer: Michael L. Fleisher
Artist: Noly Panaligan

Reprinted In:
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 Weird Western Tales #24; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #26)

Villain(s)

• A gang of train robbers (Frank, Bill, Yancey, and Bart; all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Silas Barfrey (owner of a way station; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Reed Crandall (an army colonel; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mike and Hank (the engineer and fireman on a train; no further appearances)
• Several train passengers (no further appearances)
• A widow and her two boys (all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Several settlers (Zeb and Clem named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A gang of bandits rob a train loaded with army supplies and weapons. Jonah Hex is a passenger on the train. He kills two of the bandits and follows the other two to the Antelope Springs way station where the trail goes cold. The station is run by Silas Barfrey who charges travelers a hefty toll to pass. When they don't pay, they travelers are forced to go through the nearby swamp land which is dangerous.

Hex leaves the station and heads for Fort McPherson to report the train robbery. He meets a feisty old widow along the way. He reports the robbery to Colonel Reed Crandall, then returns to the way station where he fishes the old woman out of the swamp. Her two boys are dead. She blames Barfrey, but Hex won't act because his toll is legal.

Jonah decides to take the issue to Crandall only to discover that Crandall and Barfrey are working together with the train robbers. He kills one of the bandits. Crandall is also shot, prompting Hex to be branded a murderer. Hex rides back to the way station where he finds the widow's dead body. He then stands aside while the people hang Barfrey. Although the station owner tries to bribe Hex, Jonah refuses to save him.