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The Westerner Comics #23 (1949)

Orbit-Wanted · 1949 · 52 pages

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Contains 6 stories
Killer's Country
13.67 pp · western-frontier
Black Bat Matthews (villain)

Wild Bill Pecos rides into a peaceful pioneer town just as the outlaw Black Bat Matthews tightens his grip on the community through extortion and intimidation. When the famous gunslinger learns of Black Bat's fortress hideaway across the treacherous salt flats, he sets out to end the outlaw's reign of terror—but the harsh desert and an army of desperate men await him on the other side.

The Legend of Tumbling Rock Mine
1 pp · western-frontier
Pepe (miner)Juanita

In the rugged mining country of New Mexico, Pepe discovers a rich silver mine hidden in a pass near Tumbling Rock and shares his good fortune with Juanita—but his old friend Sebastian, consumed by greed, sees only an opportunity to seize the claim for himself. This western tale of 1949 explores what happens when betrayal and ambition clash with the forces of nature and fate, leaving behind a legend that endures.

Desert Ships
1 pp · western-frontier
Magician of Murder Creek
6.67 pp · western-frontier
Marvo the Magician (villain)

A prospector named Nuggets strikes it rich and heads to Murder Creek to celebrate—only to have his gold mysteriously vanish after an encounter with Marvo the Magician, a smooth-talking performer at the Paradise Saloon whose tricks may be far more dangerous than they appear. When Nuggets tries to confront the magician, he discovers that Marvo's real talent lies not in illusion but in theft and deception, leading to a showdown that will test whether Marvo's elaborate schemes can survive a more direct form of frontier justice.

The Highwayman!
6 pp · western-frontier
Tiburcio Vasquez (highwayman)

Tiburcio Vasquez, a charming but ruthless California bandit of the 1870s, begins to suspect he's being exploited by his gang leader Pablo Soto—a suspicion that turns deadly when his woman Rita is killed. Now determined to prove he's no man's fool, Vasquez embarks on a violent rampage across California, robbing and killing with increasing boldness until the law finally closes in. This gritty western tale follows the highwayman's downfall as the noose tightens around his neck.

The Valley of Death
10.25 pp · western-frontier

Wild Bill Pecos and his pal Nuggets Nugent are caught up in the rush of settlers claiming free land in Muleshoe Valley, where they befriend a homesteader named Sam Jenkins—only to witness him kidnapped by a mysterious gang working for the ruthless Morgan Wheeler. When a fake reward poster for Jenkins' capture sets Braden and Wheeler's own men against each other, Bill and Nuggets must outgun the whole operation to free Jenkins and expose Wheeler's scheme. It's a frontier tale packed with double-crosses, hidden identities, and gunfire that'll keep you turning pages.

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