Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #10
"Under the Skull and Crossbones" kicks off with a tense, atmospheric tale in Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #10, a 1951 gem from Magazine Enterprises. Written by Ray Krank and brought to life with striking, dynamic art by Frank Frazetta, the story follows the Durango Kid as he races to save a settler from a deadly poison, leading him into a web of deception and ambush among the Mohawk. The cover, a bold and vivid piece by Joe Certa, captures the story’s frontier danger with a haunting, skull-and-crossbones motif.
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Mohawk medicine man Sagamaw concocts a poison to kill the white settlers. He surreptitiously pours some into a goblet through an open window in the home of one of the local settlers. Tipi drinks and passes into the "sleep of death". Dan takes him to the Mohawk camp, where Sagamaw denies knowledge of the antidote but tells of a neighboring shaman who does. Leading the way, he signals some braves to ambush Dan. They manage to gain shelter in a cave, where Sagamaw unwittingly drinks of the poison. He then reveals that the antidote is produced from birch bark, and Dan saves Tipi's life.
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