Wild Bill Hickok #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeWild Bill Hickok encounters Dave Tutt, a skulking killer who has shot the pistol from Tutt's hand, leaving him wounded. When General Hancock's commander arrives at the scene, Hickok demonstrates his incredible marksmanship by hitting two targets at considerable distance, impressing the officer enough to recruit him as an Army scout. Wild Bill then joins Texas cowhands in pursuing a band of outlaws through the Apache Trail and canyon country, devising a strategy to trap the criminals in their cave hideout using a rope loop suspended from the rimrock above. The story concludes with a separate tale involving frontier characters Luke Lester, Andy Dugan, and others who discover a substantial fortune ($50,000) hidden in a safe and plan to escape across the border while evading pursuit.
Wild Bill Hickok rides with General Sherman's cavalry column through Apache country when Chief Long Tail and his Jicarillo warriors attack, seeking vengeance for his slain son—and Hickok's quick action and marksmanship turn the tide of battle. As raids escalate across the territory, Hickok scouts the passes to discover Long Tail's strategy, using his wits and gunplay to disrupt the Apache blockade and rally the fort's defenses. Now the hunter and hunted prepare for a final confrontation in White Skull Canyon.
Wild Bill Hickok and a fiery former Confederate officer, Dave Tutt, first clash during the Civil War when Hickok's marksmanship leaves Tutt nursing a years-long grudge. Years later, their paths cross again in Springfield, Missouri, where Tutt's simmering hatred finally boils over into confrontation. As the two gunmen prepare for their fateful meeting, Tutt plots to even the score with a trick he believes will give him the edge.
Wild Bill Hickok joins a band of Texas cowhands in a mission to stop the ruthless outlaws hiding in the rocky fortress of Devil's Gap, who've been preying on trade wagons along the Santa Fe Trail. When a frontal assault proves impossible, Hickok devises an audacious plan to strike from an unexpected angle—scaling the canyon walls himself to pin down the bandits while his allies mount their assault. It's a daring gambit that tests both his marksmanship and his nerve against one of the territory's most dangerous bands.
When Luke Lester and his gang pull off a $50,000 bank robbery in California, greed proves more dangerous than any lawman—Luke decides his partners' cut would look better in his own pocket. After eliminating Pinto and Andy, Luke holes up with an old flame in Feather City, only to discover she's got her own survival instincts and isn't afraid to use them. With a posse closing in and the desert his only escape route, Luke will stop at nothing to reach Mexico—but a trail of betrayals has a way of catching up, even in the wasteland.
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Reprinted in Jesse James #20 (1954), Wild Bill Hickok #22 (1955), Wild Bill Hickok #23 (1955), Sheriff Classics #912 (1964), Sheriff Classics #913 (1964), Sheriff Classics #915 (1964), Sheriff Klassiker #915 (1964), Sheriff Klassiker #912 (1964), Sheriff Klassiker #913 (1964), Star Western #12 (1964), Star Western #13 (1964), Star Western #15 (1964), Butch Cassidy #2 (1971)
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