Tales of Wells Fargo Comic Album #1
In "The Ghost Stage," a wounded stagecoach guard survives a brutal robbery by crawling inside the moving vehicle and sending it on to the next stop. As he recovers, he sends for Jim Hardie, revealing the identities of the outlaws. Meanwhile, a hard-of-hearing townsfolk overhears the tale at a saloon and, after a few drinks, spreads the word—overhearing one of the robbers, who then rides to Hardie’s ranch with deadly intent. Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky, and Frank Giacoia, with inks by Frank Giacoia and Joe Giella and letters by John Duffy, this 1959 tale from Tales of Wells Fargo Comic Album #1 delivers tense, frontier suspense with a classic Western twist. Cover by Gil Kane.
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Left for dead in a stage robbery, the guard manages to crawl inside the stage and send it to the next stop. As the guard recovers he sends for Jim Hardie. He tells Hardie who the gunmen are and Hardie rides off to question one of them. Meanwhile a hard-of-hearing old busybody is listening in and after getting a couple of drinks tells the story at a nearby saloon. One of the robbers is at the saloon and hears the gossip. He rides to the same ranch as Hardie, but he plans on leaving no witnesses.
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