Cow Puncher Comics #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Cow Puncher Comics #5 The issue features two stories. "Kit West and the Prince of the Pioneers" involves a scheme by a man named Vladimir to impersonate a prince and manipulate Toshunto into betraying his tribe, leading Kit West and allies to work together to expose the deception and foil an ambush at Silent Creek. "Triple Cross" follows Uncle Willie as he becomes stranded in the desert without water and is discovered by Luke Lester, who tricks him into following vultures, only to discover that Luke has double-crossed him by drinking the water and leaving him to die in the scorching heat.
When the Texas Ranger rescues a young woman from a mysteriously fast-spreading forest fire, she reveals she was knocked unconscious before the flames—suggesting someone wanted her dead. The Ranger suspects the blaze was deliberately set in multiple locations, and when he discovers the hotel manager hired a replacement singer the very day of the fire, he knows he's found his culprit. Now he must force a confession from the man calling himself "Creegar" before the truth about the murder plot unravels entirely.
When Luke Lester pulls off a $50,000 bank heist with his partners, greed gets the better of him—he guns down Andy and Pinto to keep the whole take for himself. On the run toward Mexico, Luke's desperation leads him to betray everyone who helps him, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. This tale of triple-crosses and cutthroat ambition shows just how far a man will go when gold fever takes over.
When wandering musicians Sharp and Flat arrive at a struggling settler colony, they discover that the land's reputation for being jinxed is hiding something far more sinister—a scheme by the smooth-talking Carson to swindle the desperate settlers out of their property. After overhearing Carson's confession at a party, the two musicians uncover the truth about poisoned water and set out to expose the con before more families lose everything. It's a tale of frontier justice served with fiddles and fists, as Sharp and Flat prove that good music and quick thinking can turn the tables on a would-be land grabber.
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Reprinted in The Savage Raids of Chief Geronimo #4 (1952), Wild Bill Hickok #18 (1954), Wild Bill Hickok #26 (1956), Wild Bill Hickok #10 (1963)
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