Four Color #829
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"A Letter from Lincoln" is a gripping historical tale from Four Color #829 (1957), where a desperate race against time unfolds as courier Craig Garrett must deliver a crucial message from Lincoln to Fort Churchill via the Pony Express—cutting two days off the usual nine-day journey to save Lt. Clay Saunders from execution. With art by Dan Spiegle and a striking cover by Sam Savitt, this issue blends wartime tension with the rugged spirit of the American frontier.
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Lt. Clay Saunders, who is working undercover to try to negotiate a peace treaty with the Paiute chief Keohawk, is sentenced to death by his commanding office who thinks he has committed treason. Saunders sends a letter to Lincoln, who sends a reply via telegraph to Ft. Kearney, Nebraska. The letter is then to be delivered by the Pony Express to Fort Churchill. Craig Garrett must complete the usual nine-day trip in only seven days in order to prevent Saunders' execution.
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