Apache Trail #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Apache Attack!" kicks off with Joe Dexter and his wife Debbie camping in the eerie ghost town of Salt Flats, where Joe’s grandfather, the late Sheriff Dexter, appears as a spectral warning—only to be dismissed as a hallucination. When two armed bank robbers, Louie and Noonan, arrive and trap the couple in their camper, the ghost returns with a surprising twist, confronting the criminals in a tense standoff that ends with the outlaws unconscious and the police arriving at dawn. Ed Moritz’s art, inked by the Iger Shop, brings the haunted setting to life, while Ken Battefield’s cover captures the tension of the moment—this 1957 10-cent classic blends Western suspense with supernatural intrigue.
War smokes rise over the hills as Swift Arrow, a valiant chieftain who has just sealed peace with Colonel Moresby of the United States Army, finds himself drawn into the hills by mysterious Apache signals—unaware that Red Eagle, a rival chief bent on conquest, has laid a trap to remove him from the fort's defense. While Swift Arrow and his warriors ride into the ambush set by the vengeful Crooked Antler, Red Eagle's main force launches a fierce assault on the fort itself, and the soldiers must hold their ground against overwhelming odds. Caught between two battles, Swift Arrow fights to survive his encounter and get word back to the fort before it falls.
In the dusty ruins of Salt Flats, Joe Dexter and his wife Debbie make a quiet camp, unaware that the town’s past is stirring. When Joe’s grandfather, the ghost of Sheriff Dexter, appears to warn him away, Joe dismisses it—until two armed robbers, Louie and Noonan, arrive and force the couple into their camper. The ghost reappears, confronting the outlaws with a presence that defies reason, leaving the men unconscious by morning.
When Mrs. Hager witnesses a robbery at the ranch and identifies the culprit as Bill Benson, Sheriff Caldwell's investigation hits a snag—solid alibis place Benson playing cards all night, yet crimes keep piling up with witnesses swearing they saw him at the scene. The mystery deepens as a pattern emerges that only Marshal Petrie and a perceptive young woman named Prudence Lawlor are positioned to unravel, leading to a revelation that changes everything the law thought it knew.
When a railroad threatens tribal lands, Lone Eagle counsels peace while the hot-headed Silent Hills stirs the warriors to war—but after a disastrous attack on the rail camp, Lone Eagle discovers a shocking truth that will test both his honor and his loyalty. Silent Hills has betrayed his own people, and Lone Eagle must expose the traitor while the tribe demands justice.
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↩ Reprints Death Valley #4 (1954), The Lone Rider #23 (1954)
Reprinted in Kid Colt Outlaw #39
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