Western Treasury #3
"Ghost Town Payoff" delivers a sharp, character-driven Western tale from the pages of Western Treasury #3, a 2019 release spotlighting the sharp-eyed, no-nonsense Wakely. When Wakely arrives in the dusty town of Willow Run for a local benefit, he crosses paths with the scheming Crackerjack Johnson, who hatches a plan to drum up newspaper sales by staging impersonations of modern outlaws. With art by Alexander Toth and inks by Sy Barry, the story unfolds with crisp detail and a touch of frontier wit, capturing the mood of a town on the edge of legend.
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Wakely has a benefit in the area, so he goes to Willow Run, where he sees Crackerjack Johnson. Johnson has an idea to impersonate modern outlaws to increase the circulation of his weekly newspaper.
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