Four Color #884

Mar 1958 · Dell · 0.10 USD

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In "False Witness," two unscrupulous men, Jake Collins and Hans Bachus, exploit frontier trust by hiring Indigenous people to ambush settlers and steal their wagons—then reselling the same wagons as new. When a man named Hawkeye can't prove their scheme, he buys the wagons himself and follows the trail into the unknown. Art by Bob Jenney brings the dusty frontier and its moral shadows to life in this 1958 Four Color comic.

Contains 4 stories

False Witness

16 pp · Historical

Nat "Hawkeye" CutlerChingachgookChief Wenachgo

In "False Witness," Jake Collins and Hans Bachus run a dangerous scheme, hiring Indigenous people to ambush settlers and steal their wagons, then reselling the stolen goods. When a man named Hawkeye tries to expose them but can't prove it, he takes matters into his own hands—buying the wagons and following the trail to uncover the truth.

Powder Keg

16 pp · Historical

Nat "Hawkeye" CutlerChingachgook

In "Powder Keg," the tense balance of trade and trust shatters when a fur-trading company leader strikes a dangerous deal with the Huron Indians, handing them rifles but withholding the gunpowder they demand. As tensions mount, the Indians launch a desperate assault on Sam Durbin's trading post, driven by fury and the need for the explosive that could turn the tide.

Indian Alliances

1 pp · Non-Fiction, Historical, Western-Frontier

Methods of Indian Fighting

1 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier