Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal #34
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue contains two stories. "Gun 'Em Down!" follows Wyatt Earp as he pursues criminals who have been causing trouble on the railroad, involving shootouts and confrontations along the steel rails westward. "Single Shot" is a text story about James Randall, heir to a Texas ranch, who is imprisoned in Dodge City facing execution for murder, while Sheriff Bat Masterson investigates whether Randall truly killed a man named Mat and uncovers a conspiracy involving a gambler named Shafer.
Wyatt Earp sets his sights on Hilo Martin, a slick cardsharp who's been fleecing unsuspecting players across the frontier—including Earp's friend Joe O'Brien, who lost six thousand dollars to the cheater's rigged games. When Earp finally corners Martin, he hatches a plan: he'll herd the gambler to Oil City and arrange a high-stakes rematch where Joe can win back what he lost, with Earp watching every card dealt to ensure fair play. As the game unfolds, the nervous Martin finds himself outmatched by honest cards and an honest opponent.
Wyatt Earp confronts a railroad troubleshooter named Turk Conley after the gunman brutally shoots down a laborer, but when Stefan—a quiet immigrant worker—speaks up against both the violence and the cruelty the name "Turk" represents, he challenges the feared gunslinger in a way that changes everything. What unfolds is a tense showdown on the rails where a man pushed too far refuses to back down, even against a killer's gun.
Marshal Rocky Lane carries a ten-year-old warrant for the outlaw Luke Jackson into the frontier town of Leadville, only to be ambushed by a mysterious gunman just before arrival. When Lane's loyal horse Black Jack thwarts a midnight attack in the stable, wounding the assailant, the marshal devises a clever scheme to draw out his quarry using the town's fear of an anthrax epidemic.
When a visiting Eastern businessman gifts Wyatt Earp a rare .41 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, the gun becomes the linchpin of a deadly frame-up: a railroad man is shot in the back, and everyone in Abilene is convinced by the matching bullets that their marshal is the killer. Now hunted by an angry mob, Earp must stay ahead of the law long enough to uncover who really pulled the trigger and why they went to such lengths to pin the murder on him.
Wyatt Earp finds himself drawn into a poker game with a tenderfoot named Roger Bream and two hardened schemers intent on winning his ranch—but Bream's desperate gambit to protect his land from claim-jumpers sets the marshal on a collision course with genuine danger. When violence erupts over the deed and the valuable mineral rights buried beneath the property, Earp must put his reputation to the test against ruthless gunslingers who won't back down without bloodshed.
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Reprinted in Variant Strips #10 (1970), Variant Strips #9 (1970), Gwandanaland Comics #1025
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