All Star Western #85
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Trigger Trio!", schoolteacher John Tane faces a crisis when he learns his father, the sheriff, is trapped by the Pincers Gang. With time running out, he must summon the legendary JT—but his horse, Black Lightning, refuses to obey, sensing danger. Written by Robert Kanigher and brought to life with dynamic art by Gil Kane, this 1955 classic captures the tension of a hero’s secret identity in peril. The cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella perfectly captures the moment of high-stakes action.
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A rider warns John Tane, schoolteacher (and JT's secret identity) that his sheriff father is cornered by the Pincers Gang in town. Can he contact Johnny Thunder? He whistles his horse, Black Lightning, but the horse shies and runs! Why? Gang members come from the woods - and the horse spotted them. John Tane runs into the school house, changes to JT, dives off the roof, and nails the crooks. He herds them to town - and Black Lightning leaps over the enemy to reach the embattled sheriff! Guns blaze and the gang is rounded up. But Sheriff Tane wishes his son were more like JT...
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