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Western True Crime #3

Dec 1948 · Fox · 0.10 USD
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A hardened outlaw in an orange shirt meets his end when he attempts one final crime, only to be shot down by a lawman who confronts him about his criminal past. A second story follows a farmer named Gilliland who receives a letter asking him to manage another man's affairs, but when the farmer disappears under mysterious circumstances, a sheriff must investigate whether Gilliland has become a victim of crime or foul play himself. The sheriff ultimately discovers that Gilliland vanished without a trace, and vows to arrest whoever is responsible if the man is found guilty of wrongdoing.

Contains 5 stories
The Incredible Life Of Johnny Devine Who Was Called The Shanghai Chicken
11 pp · Western-Frontier
Johnny Devine

Johnny Devine dreams of boxing glory, but after a brutal defeat, he trades the ring for a life of crime—first as a bank robber, then as a hired enforcer for the notorious Shanghai Kelly, a "crimper" who coerces men into servitude at sea. As Johnny climbs the ranks of Kelly's operation, he discovers a vicious underworld where violence and intimidation are the currency of power. Watch as this cruel, merciless killer carves his path through San Francisco's criminal underworld in this true-crime tale.

The Hilton Boys-Bullets in the Back
10 pp · Western-Frontier
Chisolm Trail
2 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier

John Chisolm built the legendary Chisolm Trail and led some of the West's hardest men in driving massive cattle herds from Arizona and New Mexico to Kansas—until a fateful day when a dry gulcher's bullet cut him down. This story traces how Chisolm's death shattered his closest friend, the young gunman Billy the Kid, and set him on a path that would make him one of the frontier's most notorious outlaws.

The Farmer Takes A Life
6 pp · Crime

A Missouri farmer plants murder, scheming to eliminate a neighbor and seize a fortune—but his clever plan begins to unravel when the body is discovered and suspicion falls on an innocent man. Sheriff Stevens must untangle a web of forged letters, missing documents, and hidden debts to expose the real killer before a lynch mob does justice in the wrong way.

Western Facts
1 pp · Western-Frontier

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artist, inker Jack Kamen

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Reprinted in Western True Crime #17 (1949)

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