All Star Western #97

From DC's long-running frontier anthology comes this intriguing 1957 entry — All Star Western #97, with a cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella that immediately raises questions. Two fringed-jacket cowboys dominate the scene, one standing and dramatically flinging a pair of pistols away while a speech bubble declares "Sheriff Trigger's giving up! He's throwing away his guns!" — a stunner of a visual hook. Several armed outlaws lurk in the background, smirking at the apparent surrender, and the tension is palpable even before you crack the cover to find Robert Kanigher's writing and Carmine Infantino's art waiting inside with "The Decoy Sheriff!