Four Color #947

In "Desert Ordeal," a tragic miscommunication sets off a cycle of violence when an Army patrol attacks a group of Apaches permitted to camp near a fort. With the women and children taken captive, the Apache Chief and his warriors launch a series of raids to reclaim their people, forcing Jeffords and Cochise to intervene before the conflict spirals beyond control. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Tom Gill, with inks by John Tartaglione and letters by Ben Oda, this 1958 tale from Four Color #947 blends tension and moral complexity in a story grounded in the fragile line between peace and war.