Airboy Comics #2 [49]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Wild Horse of Calabra!!" from Airboy Comics #2 (1948), the Heap ventures into a Costa Rican jungle where he stumbles upon a gold rush gone wrong—two prospectors, one of whom tries to kill his partner to keep the fortune for himself. Though he walks away, the Heap’s accidental intervention sets off a chain of events that exposes the true cost of greed. Art by Frank Bolle with inks by Leonard Starr, the story unfolds with a tense, grounded pulse, while Dan Barry’s cover captures the wild stakes of the jungle’s hidden riches.
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The Heap, now in a Costa Rican jungle, comes upon two prospectors that have hit the mother load in a jungle stream. He watches as Ned attempts to drown his pal in a quicksand pit in order not to have to share the new-found wealth and leaves, then unbeknownst saves him. But Ned is too free a talker in town and two other thugs hear and take Ned to the site of the strike. It's then that Ned learns that there is no honor among thieves.
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