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STAGECOAIH WAS THE ONLV MEANS OF
TRAVEL ON THE AAVERICAN FRONTIERS.
BRAVING ALU DANGERS, THESE CONCORDCOACHES THESTREAMLINERS' 0*
THEIR DAV. SPANNED
ON SCWEOULE WILD
5TMCHES OF DESERT AND MOUNTAINLAND IN THt
SOUTHWEST .WHERE IN l»»S THE STRUGGLE. OP THE
INDIANS 10 OUST THE WHITE INVADER WAS DRAWING TO
A CLOSE (IN THAT OAV . NO NAME STRUCK MORE. DREAD
INTO TUB* HEARTS OP TRAVELER* THAN THAT OP
GCRONlMO .LEADER OP THE SAVAGE APACHE INDIANS.'
A WALTER WANCtK PKO0LXT1ON
k ' REO-LETTERDAV FOR THE PEOPLE
OF TONTO.ARIZONA. THELONG-AWATTEO OVERLAND STAGEIS SCHEDULED TO STOP THERE,BEARING LETTERS AND NEWS PROM AFAR.
IJMtN THE STAGE - " "»RIVES AT LORDSBURG .
ITS PINAL DESTINATION .ITS
PASSENGERS WILL HAVE WITNESSEDTHE MAKING OP HISTORy---.'
N»WJ FROM THE PLAINS. /AMCHfS OH THt *AMAAte.TUi PASSJHGtRS WHO ARETO LEAVE FOR LORDSBURGON THE STAGE COACH LITTLERSAITO THE RISK THEVaRFTAKING .'
WHAT 00 YOUMlAH YOU HttoA NEYV SHOTGUNCUARo/iGUARD It
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In the office op THg u.s. Marshall.
WtLL.TMf AINGO KID't
LOOSE AGAIN AN" MY GUARSjoiwto the pcsceiowm/'FC« HIM- 50 I GUESS YOUUTTH BIDS SHOT GUN F«R«« (TRSKfi
As THt PASSENGER* ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THBIR,
PLACES IN TME COACH, A STRANGE
PROCESSION TROOPS THROUGH THESTREET. OLO DOC BOONS ,Tvlf
TOWN DRUNKARD ANO A FLASHILY OAESSFPWUNO LADV, KNOWN At PALLAS, ARE BEINGRUN OUT OC TOWN BV THELADIES LAVYANPORDER LEAGUE.
BfCAUSEOFTHI OANGSAOFINDIANI.TMB COACH IS TO HAVEA MIUTAAV ESCORT AS FAR A*THtIA FIRST STOP WHltSJ THRREWILL BE A CHANGE OF EVCORT
THt STAGE STARTS' ON ITS LONG TRIP. BEFORE IT MASTRAVELLED EAR. , A STANCulR WITH A VALISE . HAILS IT.
THE STRANGER TURNS OUT TOBE MR.GATEWCOO.VfNERABU
BANKER OF TON TO
WHO SEEMS TOMIN A GREATHURRY TO GETTOiOADHURO.
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STAC C COACH
Ctrtwcco txfiMte
that he mas Re-
ceives A LAST-MINUTf TELE-GRAM,SUMMON-ING MIJv\ TOLOROSBURG .THIS
EXHAINRTIONPU1UK CURLY
WHO KNOWS TRRT
THE TILEMAFHWIRIIHAVf MEMooww..hok6yeameooesnotOweSTION THfHBWCTfp Mvm
•ER.MRGATEWOOD-i ivrpoit you knowwe're all bounotoGET SCALPePCERONiMO'S loose/
OERONIMO ?
--ER--ES--OMYES- -OF COURSE--I HCARD-ULP.1
OUGHT]LORDS-l
H«Y LOOK CURLY,THEWS SOMEONEELSE FLACGIN' U$
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HULO.KIO.'.. I THOUGHYOU'O GONE TOBURG AFTER THPLUMMER. BOYS
THAT'S WHERE I'M COIN'- BUTMY HORSE HAS OONE LAME--HOW ABOUT A LIFT?
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CuRiy PLACES "THE KID'UNOERARREST ANO LETS HIM GET IN THICOACH WMUtl HE SITS ON THE FLOORBrrwieN the passengers- --heCANNOT TARE HIS EYES OFFDALLAS.
After eight
hours of roughtra»[unc.th#^iace »ua< in
ATOdvFOflK,rut first stw>COR A CHANGEor HORSES ANOA NEWMR.ITAWESCORT.
MO"DIE,MAM--WHIR«ARE THE SOLDIERS ?
THE SOLDIERS LEFT LAST NIGHT--THIY RICEIVEOORDERS TO JOIN THE TROO« AT AMCWE WELLS.THE COUNTRY'S THICK WITH
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The news t«atiHf soldiersHAD If r T DRY-ro«x pauj ajA EHOCK OKTHI WEARYTRAVEUAVIUCYMALLORY ISPARTICULARIYAJUCTIPMPftUte HER
A MEMBER OfTut AiJfHTTROOP.
*AV, I DON'TLIKE THE I CIA
OP COIN' ALLTMiWAY TOLOAOSBURGWITHOUT AN(COURT.'
WILL, I'M «ORRY,CENTUMEN,BVT I HAVI UPPER? TO AS TURNWITH A*/ MIN TO TONTO IMME-DIATELY.' VOU'D BETTER TURNBACK WITH <JS!( ••''
(MMMM.'J
ICANTGO--1A--I MEAN--THUSTACF ETARTfO<0« LORDSBURGAND IT'S YOURDUTY TO OiT UJTHERE.
THifli l( AOHIAT DEAL OPDlltENTIONAMOMC THEPASUN6ERSAS TO TwlADVItABlUTYor ROtNO ONTO LORPISl'RuwrTHOUTsoipiH«.riN*flYTMEBUfl-T»N II PUTT*AVOTt.
1m spite or BUCKSOBJECTION J , THEVOTC II UNANIMOUSIV IN FAVOR OPepNTINUINC WITH-OUT an FSCORT.SINCE EYfRYPMttNOC* MAS (OMEVITAL, PEHSMAlREASON TO OET TOLORDS iu«aWITHOUT DELAY.
v.t shoucd ie >m toMaui apache weujeasy enouch--eromthere on, we'll havean escort intolordsruao, anyway /
The horses amHARNflJEP; TNBPASlEKCtM TAXCtheir Places anoTHELlTTi-R STASC
itnoumPANCIROUEJOURNEY.
Buck it campul to taki anoun tiicoM niaueNrro byINDIAN! ANO THr TRIP TO*ifMHI WEIH K UN«V*NTFW.fKCtPTTMAT
wheaj as.
rue soioust'Wmekc is
CAPtAlMMAUM''
you mis witf? i
Sonny. him uutrIAD IN INDIANFIGHT, YHTMDAVCMOlfM TAKfHIM TO LORCKAOIK,,
TWUCIRl'SPAITTY SICK,HATFIH.O--VOUOBT NCRTO ll»-rilT«V TOIOBCR UP TH( DOCTOR.'
ItAlFlElD CARftlfl
UXV TO UO-tVAXlAS .WHOIN spiTr or
H IB. RADRIPuTATION
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MAI A KMI1OP 6010 ANDtMUl NOIPFVAT TO MA*»UKY COMFOR-1AAU-
TT VOu'At BUNGawfw.lv COOO TO Alt
-•-I'll. NIVER. FOACtT YOU---
MiAnivhiu, foiinmo up oocBOON! is NOTrMV-APTWIDAINKINO IKHT CUPS OF BUCKCOFrH.Ht NJF1NAUY INCONDITION X Iff impATIIHT,
MowlVIA.MU DIA4H0SK II 1IMPUIHOUSM-
«K* UHI wl'lCHAVRAHothia PAiirnciA mmUt WHIN WC cir TO 10A0J-
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TVs mioht i* »p«t in NMtwvs iwmtino ----ATOAMK . ballAt comh oirr or Lurvt boom .
LATtO- I KM WATCHIN' *00 WITH THATJ BABV, MAM-- I FTir SOMfTNIN
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I NrvtD fUT MRJH1 -- «*! OAlXAJ --MAM--WILL WU--I MCAH--rR--.'
N«0.' YOU "*
UOl'T KNIWWHAT ypu'flf
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I ami'
HINCO HA) MAOt GOOO Hl( ftCAStBUT II AnONKMrO t> 5Sf SjMOKF
Sl&NALi IN TUtM6M PUTAHOe.
rums rack toMMM HUfRitNO*.
I ONLY KNOWTHAT I LOVEYOU.MAM-WILl VOUA\AW.V M«?
BUT YOU'RE COlN<i TO
TRY TO CIOHT THRPl.UMMfcR BOYS- -
TVtY'U kill youI CAN'T MARRY ADtAD MAM .'
P*ILA* PWKMPriR1MOO TV mw«HOAtC AMO K6U>fTO Hit RANCH mMDCKO WMWiffHf WILL iwnHIM ATTVA LUCYi« fA^a inLOAPIIUHCJ.
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6m Hit UTVRN . CUKLV , ANOCRRO AT A1N>0'JATTfMrrto itcAPf , run mm in hanpcurn -
MUM II HEARTRROKrN.
In sfiTf or rjnooS warning,ne sta«(
text OUT ONCC AOAiN FOR LOOPJRuAC-.'
»T«rC0ACH
fTACECOAOt
WhIH TM£Y aiACW THt OTMta vot OF THE K'vfR--.'
~ HOU CAN-*I'M CETTtN* ONTHf HOOF FEO SOME FAMCVSHOOTIH'.'l
RlNCO CLtM»$ TOTH( HOOF OF T>te COACH WITHUK RIFLE AND TAKES A WUIEKT PAJO* IN TNIRUNNING OUN PlCMT BITW«N TW **« IN THEtTAGt COACH AND THE PURSUING SAVAGES.1
«TAGC(OACU
Jm 'Ml COURSE Of THE IIGUT, BUCK IS HIT ANO LOSM THE MM). RJNGO , IN THE HKK 0' HMf ,JUMM
FROM THt COACH 10 THI LEAP KOIKE AND REGAIN* THEM.' MR PCACOCK H HIT IH THE IHOULPtRRMO HATFUL
. HRIHCl FROM THE WINDOW . CATCHU A BULLET IN Hif CRIST . THEN t'UOOEN IV - - -
SOLDIERS.'
With the aahivaOf THI LCHOifIK,thi indians 011-
prrii. When theTOACH AIRI V rs ATLOADS IUAC , LUC V
f«0> U(l BUI•AMD AND INTRO-DUCES HIM To
Hunt* daucmtaj.GaTTWOOD
,
Howiven II NOTfO PORTUNATt -
UNHAND MR«m,--i amOATUHMOO,TNf RANKIR.
YEAH.WI KNOWTHAT'-VEORE UNDERARIWT PEA UUW'VFROWU RANK"LET'S HAVT THATAG.
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RlNiO.WIIVOON'T YOUtry to escapenow; cuhlv'snot looviwo.
NO I'M GONNA SZTTLCWITH THc? PLUMMCBOANO FIRST-- WAIT HBKIdfi Wg--I'l( IFMth
SUDDENLY. PA1LA1 II
ALOHI RiNCO .TAKINGHit cum , has itr r netTO SEARCH FOR
---THI THRIf PLUM*\EP. ROTS , WHO WAV* KILLED MIS SROrNSR A*£>CAUSED R'NCO TO (I (ONVirriD OP A CRIME WHICH HC MO NOT COMtM,
tIACE COACH-
HUM THAT TNf K'NdD Kip It OUT *>A•UJOO tOON Ql It AAOUrlD TH( Town
AmO IN TIN MlNOTff THf ITR«*T»AH p#tnm.
W»'*E RfAPY POfi YA RlNCO.COME Aw'oer IT/
fUDPfftlV OAllASHIA«« TWO JHorS-THfM ANOTMM-MfAHtARr niHfit to
UAo/--fU«fty«i*0O AM/IT UCXAO.'
RIHCiO
ALIVISHORE 'BUTtw KUMMMain't- new /
CorrA ceTOUTTA TOUN
iV* stiu wAxrtt
NO YOO'Rt NOT, RINCO -ONE OF THfPIUMMKS CONFtSSCO tFFOHe HSpiep that you Ain't guilty -thatyou was FkAmit-so you'iw nee!y i^r
Oh 'Ktm Ofm natrsw&wBOiOKIS COSTtUO. HeetATHOt.MAUBKC, AfffMX AS AM CXTgA
THA7 FASTi&OUS
MtHJOQ.weM OUTr-.-'A Tattoos AMDtwo Doas-Stiirs
ei/esy vile //
ARI70NA LEGION
BoONCS NANCES,LETTY MEADE(lARAINE JOHNSON)DAUGHTER OFJUDGE KSFADE(CDWAR.0 Lf
SAmT),IJ 015-CU1TT0 WITH HERINTENDED, FORHIS RECKLSHNETSMO EyTRAVAGANCE,SHE DECIDES TOTEACH HIM' A.
IKJON.'
I'll. SHOW HIM ,"
FATHER, I'M NOTGOING TO INVITEHIM TO THe RECEP-TION FOR uftlTfNANrIves.j[
— '
' ,-"--v -FUNNY, LETTYCHILD, BUT I
LIKE HIM IN
VITE OP HIS
WAYS.
wW? MlANYVHlLE, LIEUTENANTB0» WtS,ONHH WAY TOFORT SPRAGUE, WITNESSESHIS FIRST HOLOUP WHENTHE STAGE IN WHKH Hf IS
RlDINO IS ATTACKED 8V-
8AN«rr AND THE GUARDWOUNDED,'
]N SPITE OF BEING RECOONrxgD,
WHtSKtY JOE BRAZENLY TAKK THELOOT AND nCAPCf '
WON'T NOBODYAPPEAR AGIN' HIM.
THEY'RE PLUMBSKEERED.'
GUESS it^asouTIME SOMEONfTOOK HIM /NHAND
lYES DETERMINESTO ARREST WHISKEYJOE SlNGLEHANDEDAND TO CETHIMCONYlCTEO IN SPITEOF LACK OF COOPERAHON
'
When joe appears in pinyon. .
Ives fights it out with him/
now gome alongWITH ME.'
AJ.O0M* lkion
IVH TURNS WHU«Y JOeoVBR TO THE SHERIFF
[SECKON YUH WON'T-I PROVE NOTHIN'.'
2^ pve'Lt LET TH
JURY PECIPE.'
The jurv is composed op boone, whopperAND A CROUP OF SALOONHANGERS-ON.... DESPITETHE EVIDENCE THEY RE-TURN A VERDICT Of "NOTGUILTY ."
After the trial, boone chides Jves for
trying to get the best of whiskey joe.
'toobad.lieutrnant, i
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guess youil haye to tryanother way to beat joe.
Joe celebrates his acquittal wrrn hisHENCHMEN AT THE JUBILEE BAR.'
nice work cerriN' me acquitted;BOONE.' YOU STICK WID WHISKEYJOE AN' YOU'LL GET ALONG ,'
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From dutton ,the owner of the saloom,boone learns of the "chief* who 15really the brains behind whiskey joi'sactivities. '
COMMISSIONER TEACH (TOMOlATTrRTPNjTOAJTIMObob Mtey
MAY YOUR EFFORT} TO WIPE OUT LAWU5JKES5IN OUR. CITY BE MORE succFttruu IN THETUTUBE ,/
*
Boons i< KErnvEo coolly ano «muu5WITH LETTY ,WHO HSTVRNI Ml$ (N).
[I WILL NOT MARRY A MANHO STAMPS IN THE WAY Off
\LAWANP CROCR I
[but secastiyiboone meetsfTNE JUOGE WHO[COMPLIMENTS Kim I
on Mil GOOOWORX,BOONE IS REALLYASSOCIATING WITHJhf BANDITS IN ANaBEEORT TO LfAANTHE IOCNTiTY OFJThe "Chief'
Tut ;ueoc swear) in boone asCAPTAIN OE A SECRET BANO OfRANGERS.
Strong masked men orTr*Mi«ep TOBREAK UP Tue BANDIT CANO.
OUR, FIRST JOB IS TO OUAAD THECOLO SHIPMENT FROM THEtPINYON GULCH MINE if
Whiskey joe attacks... the stagehauls to a stop
life
£$&*&»
But the masked legion drives opfTHe BANDITS-
Arizona licion
Rut boons', now A«e>T«o into rut oano,orFem to uead tmbm in an attack onTHE BIG ARJ»Y PAYROLL.
SANK UlNtl ' AND AGAIN THJ fMikCDGION IS IN Time TO CATCH THE THKF.'
AFTM srvtXAL OF TMKt ATTACKSON TMf PA»T Of TMI RKN01ITITHE BANDIT OANO CROMI *M«V.
JMi'i
THAWS TO KIRBY'S TIP, BOONE LEAD* AJUCCWJFUl ATTACK ON THE SHIPMENT AN0THE OESPERAOOM RIDE AWAY WITH THE GOLD,
TWENMf LEADS" TH E SANDIT5 OUT SO THATTHET FAU INTO THS MANOS OF THf CAVALRY,
IN JAIL , R0ONE WARNS FROM JOE T HATTHE ITWieR* IS COMMISSIONER TEACLEAND THAT HE WILL SPRING THEM.
Boom1vC5 A
( n caller Bcrour»n anp Tnt«E hc cxriAHTM« AAAT HE HA1 BEENPLFNl«G.
ITIU. YOU n'i THE TRUTH?
I DON'T 8S1IEVE YOU.lUA<K COMMHtlOHei TIM Li
TO INV1STIGATE.'
Boom gnofnTHAT WHINTEAGtE (.EARNS
DOME'S REAL.
HSU IH THEAFFAIRS ,THECOMMIlllORE*.
WILL MAW AFAST GETAWAY.ROOMS MUST STOP
HIM AT All toil).
With a «ukk motion, we ovchpowctb
atTtN -ITHEltNTRY.
THfRE/j
Hi pm« whoppbr.'
WHOPPfS. , YOU RlDC FOR THEBIST OF THI RAWOEAS /
Boone himulf, mtmnTO THI EXRRCtt OFOCETOriNOTIACU AHO
RuttyREADY TOLEAVE.
YOUR GAME'S UP.TEAGLE.lYOU! RE UNDER ARRiST/J
IBUT OTWtA MEMSUkt OF THECAHC ARRIVE-
|7~1H -* Ctfll ^V^ .rVH.MbW^BAtf^Sfl i*P -
1 4BL
I^^JPI^H
AR.1I0NA LEGION
TUt ranghb woe UP IN THe HICK
OF TIME AND A WILO 8ATTLE.ENSUES BETWEEN THE MASKEDLEGION AND THE DESPERADOES.