Space Western Comics #44

In "Spurs Sees Red!" from Space Western Comics #44, when a mysterious flying saucer crashes on the McLeod farm, Jane’s father is shot before he can investigate—leaving her to summon Spurs for help. As the cowboy with a sharp eye and quicker draw, Spurs uncovers a shocking truth: the saucer is no alien craft, but a Soviet weapon designed to terrify the frontier with a fake alien invasion.

In "Visit in Spaceman's Gulch!", a lone traveler stumbles upon a bizarre sight in the swirling storms of Jupiter’s red spot: the Jovian Bandersnatch, a colossal creature with winged flight and twin propeller-like heads, drifting through the planet’s endless gas. The story unfolds in the wild, untamed frontier of space, where the impossible feels just real enough to believe.

In "The Stone Men From Space," Queen Thuvia’s mysterious thuvia flower sprouts instantly in the desert, sparking a chain of events when petrified logs transform into relentless Stone Men led by Ag. As conventional weapons fail, Strong Bow and Rapid Fox must improvise, using arrows forged from thuvia stems to conjure a living forest, while Spurs races back in his rocket to deliver the only solution: an atomic bomb.

In "The Menace of Comet 'X'," Spurs and his Space Vigilantes are called to investigate a looming threat as a deadly comet hurtles toward Earth—only to find themselves captured by Korok, the ex-Prime Minister of Mars, and Vodor of Venus, who are behind the attack. With Queen Thula of Mars at his side, Spurs must outwit his old foes before the comet's path brings ruin to Mars and beyond.