Space Western Comics #42

In the dusty frontier of a solar frontier, Spurs Jackson and his crew face a dazzling enigma when Aku and his Sun People arrive in a gleaming saucer, claiming to share a powerful energy source with Earth. While General Joyce approves the landing, tensions rise as Professor Cray and his assistant Thelda Barnes grow wary of the Sun People’s impossible origins, and Spurs remains unconvinced by their radiant promises.

In "The Return of the Aztecs," Hank drives Strong Bow to a sacred Pueblo ritual during a solar eclipse, where Strong Bow recounts a lost history: centuries ago, Aztecs used the Popol Vuh to build a rocket and flee European conquest, settling on Vulcan—a scorching world where their descendants now thrive. The ritual, meant to keep the ancient bloodline at bay, fails, and the heat-resistant heirs of the Aztec pioneers return, their arrival threatening the frontier’s fragile peace.

Spurs Jackson, Hank, and Strong Bow ride once more into the crimson dust of Mars, this time to protect Queen Thula from a silent, creeping threat—someone draining the planet’s atmosphere. With the red desert holding its breath, the Space Vigilantes must track down the unseen outlaws before Mars turns into a dead world.

In "The Riddle of Skull Valley," Sheriff Townley and Hank Roper face a strange mystery when black UFOs appear over the frontier town. When the alien Anzo, Master of the Black World Nux, arrives to claim them as specimens, the duo must uncover the truth behind the Nuxians' sinister plan—before it's too late.