Crack Western #69
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains five action-packed Western stories. "Frontier Marshal" follows Marshal Bob Allen as he pursues the back-shooting killer Red Water Cannon, encountering a young Civil War veteran named Ben Adams who becomes involved in the case. "Six-Gun Hotfoot" features Arizona Raines and his companion Spurs confronting the ruthless outlaw Big Barney, who has escaped after murdering a bystander during a bank robbery and now seeks savage vengeance on the pair. The issue also includes additional Western tales featuring gunfights, pursuits, and frontier justice typical of the era's pulp adventure stories.
When Arizona Raines and his companion Spurs stumble into the small town of Owlhoot Pass seeking a quiet night's rest, they find themselves caught between a wounded Sheriff Tom Draper and his rival Prod Wilson, who's orchestrated an ambush to steal the election. With the sheriff unable to face the voters and an election looming at dawn, Arizona must use quick thinking and quick draw to keep law and order from falling into the hands of a man with far darker plans. It's a race against the clock in a bullet-riddled cowtown campaign where one night's work could tip the scales for the whole town.
Frontier Marshal Bob Allen investigates the back-shooting murder of young Ben Adams, a dying drifter found shot after a ride into the western foothills—a death that threatens to cost Allen his badge when the local ranchers demand he abandon the case to focus on their ongoing cattle rustling. Following a broken horseshoe and a hunch that Ben stumbled onto something sinister, the marshal uncovers a hidden tunnel behind a waterfall and discovers the secret passage used to move stolen cattle out of the basin. But when Allen corners the operation, he finds himself face-to-face with a shocking suspect among those he trusted most.
When Sheriff Mike Peters' supposedly demure niece, Lil Peters, arrives in Eagle Rock for a visit, the town scrambles to behave itself—but the criminals hiding nearby see an opportunity. Bat Devlin and his gang hatch a scheme to lure the sheriff into a trap at a dance held in Lil's honor, unaware that their target has a few surprises of her own. Watch as the evening unfolds with gunplay, deception, and a dance partner nobody saw coming in this 1950 western tale.
When young Dr. Enis Dent stops in Dead Canyon, a gunfight over a rigged card game forces him to choose between treating a wounded gambler and the spoiled daughter of the territory's most powerful family—and his decision sets him on a collision course with the ruthless Bross outfit. As tensions escalate between the town's downtrodden ranchers and the Bross family's iron grip, the doctor finds himself caught between his oath to heal and a powder keg of violence ready to explode. In a frontier where bullets fly as freely as vengeance, Dr. Dent must navigate a web of rivalries and hidden motives to survive "Lead Poisoning!"
Arizona Raines and Spurs ride into Peaceful Valley with urgent news: the peaceful Indians in the region have suddenly taken to the warpath, convinced that the spirit of the legendary Chief Thunder Cloud—dead for a hundred years—has returned from beyond to command them to drive out the white settlers. As Arizona races to uncover the truth behind this supernatural uprising and prove the danger to skeptical homesteaders led by John Ellery, he and Spurs find themselves caught between a tribe possessed by otherworldly vengeance and a community unprepared for the coming assault.
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Reprinted in Crack Western #67 (1951)
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