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Crack Western #81

Nov 1952 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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The main story features Arizona Raines investigating a murder in the town of Black Gulch. A young man named Johnny Lash is accused of killing the governor while trying to escape jail, but Raines uncovers evidence that the real culprit is a man using a Kanawi hunting knife made of stone thousands of years old. The story also includes a secondary tale titled "Two-Gun Lil," in which a woman at a saloon is waiting for a mysterious character to arrive, drawing the attention and romantic interest of various patrons seeking to impress her.

Contains 4 stories
Arizona Raines and the Secret of Terror Canyon
9 pp · Western-Frontier
Arizona RainesThunder (a horse)SpursCalico (a horse)Pedro Mortez (villain, death)

Arizona Raines and his companion Spurs stumble upon a nameless village held hostage by the notorious bandit Pedro Mortez, who's barricaded himself in the heavily defensible Terror Canyon while evading the U.S. Cavalry. When a direct military assault ends in disaster, Arizona devises a cunning plan to turn Mortez's own superstitions and paranoia against him, using the legend of a mysterious panther prowling the canyon to sow terror among the bandit's ranks. As the scheme unfolds, Arizona must navigate the deadly canyon and confront Mortez face-to-face to free the village from his iron grip.

Untitled Western-Frontier story
5 pp · Western-Frontier
Two-Gun Lil [Lil Peters]HankSam EricsonJed Maxon (villain, death)Charley (villain, death)
Hangmans Horror!
7 pp · Western-Frontier
The Whip [Johnny Lash]Diablo (a horse)Wes JonesMiss JonesJudge Hastings
The Time of the Hunt!
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Marshal Bob AllenKanawisPete Dorger (villain, death)

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Raw (Good) $37
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,006*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $488*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $382*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Paul Gustavson
cover pencils, inks Reed Crandall

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Reprinted in Apache Trail #3 (1958)

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