Outlaws of the West #63
In "Born Bad," a weary peddler heading west with dreams of opening a general store finds himself in a deadly standoff with three outlaws—only one of whom survives. When the man’s shotgun goes off in the chaos, the surviving outlaw drags him to Fire Creek to spin a tale that paints the peddler as a dangerous gunslinger. Writer Joe Gill and artist Bill Molno bring the tense, frontier drama to life, with inks by Vince Alascia, while Dick Giordano and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio deliver a striking cover that captures the moment the truth begins to unravel.
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A peddler goes west with a load of goods, intending to start a general store. He is held up by three outlaws, but his double-barreled shotgun accidentally goes off, killing two and wounding the other. The surviving outlaw takes the man to his boss in Fire Creek to back up his embellished version of what happened, figuring he'd be in big trouble with the boss if he told him the truth. The boss makes the peddler the town's sheriff, thinking he's a gunslinger, but that doesn't work out the way he intended.
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