Gunsmoke#6
Gunsmoke #6
“Enough Rope”
In "Enough Rope," a 1957 Dell Western, Jackson Crater—freed on a technicality after a bank robbery—finds himself back in trouble after a stagecoach heist, forcing Matt Dillon to shield him from a furious lynch mob. Written by Paul S. Newman and illustrated by Jim McLaughlin, this tense episode blends frontier justice with moral complexity, all captured in a stark, evocative cover by McLaughlin.
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writer Paul S. Newman · artist, inker Jim McLaughlin
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writer Paul S. Newman
artist, inker Jim McLaughlin
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Jackson Crater gets away with a bank robbery when he is released on a technicality but is caught after robbing a stage, and Matt Dillon must protect him from a lynch mob.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).