Pulp Fiction, 1953 · page 77 of 116
Fifteen Western Tales, January 1953 — page 77: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is an **interior story page** from a pulp magazine featuring an illustration and the opening of a Western fiction story. The page shows a dramatic pen-and-ink drawing of a man named Jim Kennedy positioned at a window with a revolver, apparently stalking his quarry. The story, titled "When Dodge Was Wild" by John T. Lynch, is described as "a dramatized factual story" about Kennedy's three-year pursuit of Dog Kelley, who has become Mayor of Dodge City, Kansas (in 1878). The narrative tension centers on Kennedy finally locating his target, only to face the complication that shooting the mayor requires different tactics than shooting an ordinary citizen.
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WHEN DODGE ere: ae lo a Seas a ten WRN To most of the citizens of roaring Dodge City, he was the most popu- lar mayor ever to boss that godless end-of-trail metropolis. But to Jim Kennedy, His Honor was just an- other fugitive on the muzzle-end of a long manhunt! | 4 Vs i " \ ay i! * | | Jim Kennedy, gun in hand, edged to the open window. A DRAMATIZED FACTUAL STORY Y THE time Jim Kennedy finally caught up with the man he had sworn to kill on sight, circumstance forced him to change his plan. Not the actual kill- ing part of it, just the “on sight” business, Because, you can’t just blow into a town and shoot the mayor, as you could an ordi- nary citizen. And Dog Kelley had become Mayor of Dodge City, Kansas, in 1878. For three years, Jim Kennedy had been tracking down his enemy. Up through Texas, all over Colorado, Ne- 77 cComiclbooks CO