All Star Western #78

In the dusty streets of Rocky City, a masked gang terrorizes townsfolk while the inept Sheriff Walt Trigger fails to stop them. When a mysterious stranger named Bannon stirs trouble, calling for a new sheriff, even the quiet storekeeper Wayne Trigger seems to be falling apart—until his sudden sellout notice reveals a clever trap. With Walt captured and the town on edge, Wayne’s quiet plan finally comes into play. Still want a new sheriff? No, hurray for Sheriff Walt!

In "The Dust Bowl Deathtrap," Strong Bow, the wandering warrior, arrives in a parched village on the brink of collapse, his promise to find water met with skepticism by the enigmatic stranger Dark Crow. When Strong Bow ventures into a mysterious chasm beneath the earth, Dark Crow’s men trap him in a sealed tomb—only for the warrior to emerge in a torrent of life-giving water, transforming the land and leaving his foe exposed.

In the rugged frontier of 1954’s All Star Western #78, the arrival of greenbacks stirs unrest as Chief Crooked Hand and his Pawnee thugs scheme to seize a wagonload of paper money. Lt. Dan Foley leads a daring cavalry charge down Dead Man’s Plunge and across a treacherous river, racing to stop the ambush—though the true cost of greed may be far greater than the gold they seek.

In "Books vs. Bullets!", schoolteacher John Tane finds his quiet life upended when escaped gunmen seize the town’s schoolhouse, forcing him to choose between his principles and the violence he’s long avoided. Though the sheriff believes his son should be fighting with guns, John Tane proves that courage comes in many forms—when the moment calls for it, he steps up, not with a revolver, but with the power of knowledge and grit.