Four Color #455

Mar 1953 · Dell · 0.10 USD

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In "The Race Track Trick," a desperate hotel guest hides a map to his brother’s gold mine inside a bottle, dropping it into a pile below his window. When two crooks come looking for it the next morning, Johnny steps in—only to find the pile gone, taken by a junk man building a bottle house five miles out of town. The surprising twist? That junk man is Mule Beardsley, an old friend of Johnny’s. The story, illustrated by Jesse Marsh, is a taut, clever mystery from a 10-cent comic in 1953.

Contains 3 stories

The Race Track Trick

16 pp · Western-Frontier

Johnny Mack BrownRebel (horse)

In "The Race Track Trick," Johnny stumbles upon a fallen horse and a broken-legged rider, leading him to a remote ranch where a pattern of suspicious accidents begins to unfold. As he helps the injured man, Johnny starts to notice something off about the rancher and his crew—each incident feels too convenient to be chance.

Johnny Mack Brown and the Glass Scavenger

8 pp · Western-Frontier

Johnny Mack BrownMule Beardsley

In "Johnny Mack Brown and the Glass Scavenger," a desperate hotel guest hides a map to his brother's gold mine inside a bottle, dropping it into a pile below his window. When two crooks come looking for it, Johnny Mack Brown steps in—only to find the bottles gone, spirited away by Mule Beardsley, a reclusive junk man building a house from glass in the desert. The old friend's strange home may hold the key to a long-lost fortune, but the past has a way of following those who try to bury it.

Murder in the Dark

6 pp · Western-Frontier

Sheriff Walt Morrison

In "Murder in the Dark," a lone rider arrives in Red Rock at midnight with a chilling tale of murder. The next morning, as he and the sheriff ride back to the scene, the stranger's account begins to unravel—leaving the town and its lawman questioning everything they thought they knew.