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GUNSLINGER

Searching for

smuggled rifles,

Cord finds a one-way

ticket to danger!

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GUNSLINGER

BULLETS FOR BRAVES

When the Army can't act olliciallv
its guuslinger— Cord— sending hit
of hostile) to find smuggled gun;

Cord plays the Army's hand in spades, but
!p with a rough deal as angry braves and
murderous smugglers catch him in a cross lire.

RENEGADE SERGEANT

When an Army sergeant escapes across the bor-
der, only an unofficial gunslingcr can try to
bring him bade, but bandit bullets bar the way.

Cord tries to trick the sergeant
border, but the ruse brings hi
with the sergeant's bla/ing gun.

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SCOH AFTER, CAPTAIN WINSATE, THE CCH/MANDANT
OP fORT KINS, TELLS OF THE RAID TO HIS
TROUBi-ESHOOTER IN CIVVIES, Hla GUN5LINGER--
CORP.

' TH£y HAVE

RIFLES, BUT

THEY DON'T

HAVE AMMUNITION

VET '

I CAN'T HAVE MY TROOPERS SNOOPING ]
AROUND AN INDIAN CAMP WITHOUT
STIRRING UP A LOT OF RESENTMENT.' /„, THE

WE'VE HAD PEACE FOR FIVE

MONTHS, BUT ANY SHOW
OF FORCE LIKE THAT

COULD BREAK IT.' BUT

IF YOU CHECK AND

EVEN SET CAUGHT...

WE PAY YOU

FOR DOING
THIS SORT
OF THING.., j

\ -..YES, FORTY MISERABLE JM

DOLLARS A MONTH.' BUT I |

j ASKED FOR THE JOB SO I'LL

' TAKE THE MISSION.' I'LL NEEP

BAIT TO CATCH YOUR SUN J

SMUGGLERS— TWO CRATES i

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HERE'S A REQUISITION FOR I'LL LET MY
TWO CRATES OF RiFLE V ASSISTANT

AMMUNITION.' JUST ^m DO THAT--
COUNTERSIGN IT ^^L. PICO.

THERE AND BR1
OVER TO THE

SILLY, YOU SWING THAT BROOM ) AS A MATTER
AMD YOU'LL KEEP OUT OF ^^/ OF FACT, I
TROUBLE/ CORD DOESN'T \ MIGHT JUffT
NEED A YOUNG-, INNOCENT J BEABLE.TOU91
KID LIKE YOU TAGGING / BILLY'S ACTINd
ALONG.' _ ^ XAIP HIS INNOCENT

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BUT AS PICO NEAR5 THE CAMF? HE IS HALTED,., A MOMENT LATER-,,,

HERE, A/VUGO/ GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHIEF AND.'
TELL HIM I CAN GET HIM MORE OF WHAT'S
INSIDE THE. SAG,

USH-' MEN WHO SELL SUNS

ASK FOUR T/MES AS ^

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) THEY SOUNP LIKE
/a RACK OF THIEVES
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LET THEM SELL RIFLES.' WE'LL I THEM 5AYJHEM
SELL AMMUNITION.' MAY8E j COME TOCMY
WE COULD MAKE A PEAL.' / TO SEE IP WE
IF YOU'D TELL US WHERE y BUY AMMUNITION;
TO FINP THEM..

WELL, YOU HAPFENEP ) SEEMS WE GOT HERE
TO WALTZ INTO OUR j WITH A BETTER PRICE
SALES TERRITORY.' y^_ RIGHT,. CHIEF?

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NOW THEY'RE U&HG THEIR

HORSES FOR A SHIELD.'

HOW ARE WE SOING TO

CAPTURE THEM?

INTO TENT/ THEN WE PKINO BACK MEN WHO SELL
US GUNS AND LET THEM DECIDE WHAT TO DO
WITH yoi

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Minutes later..

IT ONLY TAKf 5 ONE tHJESS
TO FI6URE OUT WHAT THOSE
GUN SMUGGLERS WILL TELL
THE CHIEF TO CO WITH US:

SORRV I got you
INTO THIS, BILLY/
THE WORST IS
THAT WE CAN'T

EXPECT THE
CAVALRY TO GST

US OUT OF IT.'

AM.IGO, IT IS TIMES LIKE THIS THAT MAKE ME
WISH WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY THAT I HAP
ACCOMPLI5HEP MY MIS5ION THE ARMY'S WAY-

MY OWN WAY SOT ME DISHONORABLY
PISCHARGEP/ THEN I WOULD BE SAFE NOW..,
IN THE CAVALRY/

Inching his way forward, cordfinally reaches Minutes later... I CMttFf chief, before >ou

HIS GOAL,., | , | , — I TURN US OVER TD THE GUN

J MOW TO FIX A FEW 8UU.ET5 SO J SMUGGLERS, MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN

YOU SPEAK WITH \ SURE.' THEY USED ONE OR
FORKED TONGUE/ \ TWO RIFLES THAT WERE
THEM SHOW US I GOOD/ BUT WITHOUT ANY
HOW RIFLE WORK/ AMMUNITION, THEY KNEW
PLENTY GOOD' / YOU COULDN'T CHECK THE

REST BEFORE THEY CHEATED
YOU BY COLLECTING- A PILE
SOLD FOR AHAMUNITION,'

Puzzled, the chief takes a rifle from the bottom of the crate and then, unwittingly
loading it with a tampered bullet, has a brave fire,.

7 [ THB MAH IN 1

I 1ENT6PEAKS
fVA STRAIGHT T(

HURRY, PICO! WHILE THEY'RE BOTH FIGHTING-
EACH OTHER, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CAPTURE
THE 5MU(SSLER5 ANP BRING IN THE RIFi.ES/

Quickly, they load two rifles..

NO, MIS5 AM8y.' I HEARD YOU TELL CORD THIS
AFTERNOON HOW VOU WANTED Hl/Vi TO FIND OUT
WHO'S SEEN ROBBING YOU OF A FEW TWISTS OF
CHEWING TOBACCO A NkSHT.' WELL, X LEFT THE
.BACK DOOR OPEN EARLIER 50 L COULD <SET IN
AND KEEP WATCH ' r , —

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HURRV, DOC! \ WOULD END UP INSIDE THE
IT'S SERGEANT \ GUARDHOUSE.' NOT SERGEANT
JASPERS AND I JASPERS.' WHV EVERY
HE LOOKS BAD//MAN JACK AT FORT KING-

THAT 'S JUST WHAT GOT HIM INSIDE THE GUARD-
HOUSE, SIR.' THE LIEUTENANT, WHO LED A
PATROL HE WAS ON, ORDERED SOMETHING THAT
WASN'T By THE BOOK.' JASPERS REFUSED TO

oeey the order and got court-martialed

FOR INSUBORDINATION'

IF ONLY HE HADN'T LET A \ DON'T LET IT
BOOK OF ARMY REGULATI0NS FRIGHTEN YOU,
BECOME THE KEV TO THE / CORD/ YOU'RE

POST 8RIG.' SHOWS WHAT /SAFE FROM THAT
CAN HAPPEN TO A MAN /DANGER/ AND 1
WHO TAKES THE ARMY S THINK WE HAVE
TOO SERIOUSLY/ j, «f SEEN THE Z^sr OF
SERGEANT JASPERS.

MOVING, AMIGOS/ WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
A GOOD TRADE AT FORT KING-- SOME
BROKEN-DOWN CATTLE FOR**M/ RIFLESI

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NO WONDER THE RAID
WENT OFF LIKE CLOCK
WORK/ VOU HELPED

TRAIN HIM.' jBgrtrf

\ WELL, I WANT you
I TO HELP CAPTURE HIM.'
/THAT MEANS yOU'LL
HAVE TO CfZQSS THE
RIO TO BRING HIM BACK.'

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TWO DAYS LATER, IN A TOWN OVER THE BORDER..

WHO IS "*\ COME ON, AM.I30, AND WE SEE/ 1

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-HE IS TWO BLOCKS AWAY, SEEING- WHAT ALL THE ■

SHOOTING IS ABOUT/ AND WHILE THE , --

CAT'S AWAY--

Seconds later

I CAUGHT UP WITH YOU THE

OTHER DAY, CORD! I WAS

WONDERING WHFN YOU'D

CATCH UP WITH WE!

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WE'VE ARRIVED
W OUTGUARD.

'JASPERS' j| YES, AND HE POSITIONED HIM BY THE BOOK TUST W

_ _^ ^^ HE CAN KEEP ANYONE FROM GETTING BY.' BUT BILLY
^HftL.\i FUS1 BE to SLIP BY AND GET INTO t—jy
H^^^^^SBi-;^^^^^^ JASPERS' CAMP.' J Zf

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MIGHT

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SERGEANT, DO YOU REALLY I BILLY, I TPA1NEP A
FIGURE THAT LITTLE ^__^ LOT OF TROOPERS
COMPASS CAN LEAD ) THE USE OF THE
US TO RAYDIRT? ^/C0MPAS5i I KNOty THE
MANUAL ON COMPASS
MARCHES COLD.' IT SHOULD

TWO NISHTS LATER.

NOW KEEP LOW TILL WE REACH HIS CAMP.'
ACC0RDIN6 TO MY WATCH, WE HAVE TO BE
THERE IN FORTY- FIVE MINUTE.' j™-*^

EAbY, FRIEND/ SERGEANT
JASPERS KNOWS WHAT HE'S
DOING.' HE'LL GET, US
THERE — YOU'LL SEE.'

I've news for you jaspers.' the ri

YOU CROSSED fS THE RIO 6RANOE.'

I ATTACHED SOME MAGNETIZED METAL UNPER
YOUR COMPASS IN SUCH A POSITION THAT IT
THREW THE NEEDLE OF NORTH JU5T ENOUGH
SO THAT WHEN YOU KEPT ON YOUR BEARING
OF THIRTY- TWO DEGREES, YOU'D

PLAYED ON JASPERS
WEAKNES5 WHEN YOU
TRICKED HlrtA BECAUSE
YOU KNEW HE'D FOLLOW
THE BOOK

LIKE I SAID ^— ,
BEFORE, CAPTAIN,
ANYONE WHO 5TICK5 TO
ARMY REGUtAT/ONS
OR INSTRUCTIONS
IS BOUND TO GET
INTO TROUBLE '

GUNSLINGER MMM MM*ffl&

MANY GUNS THE INDIANS GOT IN THE LATE 1860'S
WERE TAKEN FROM THE VICTIMS OF THEIR RAIDS. BUT
STRANGELY ENOUGH, THE INDIANS DEVELOPED A BET-
TER CARTRIDGE THAN THE ARMY USED. IT HAPPENED
WHEN SIOUX RAIDERS STRUCK THE TROOPS GUARDING
THE RAIL CREWS AND CAPTURED SOAAE NEW.5D ^3
CALIBER BREECH-LOADING RIFLES.

Ammunition for the mew rifles was scarce out But the sioux attacked often, using their
west and the army figured the breechloaders stolen rifles as if they had an unlimited sup-
would be useless ip they prevented the sale ply of 5hells. the sioux were picking up all
of its ammunition to indians, empty shells troopers fired.

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Those were solid, non- reloadable shells, but
the sioux made a hole in the shell head. then
they put a percussion cap inside and a pebble
for a striking surface.

Filling it with musket powder and adding a
bullet. the sioux had come up with a reloadable
cartridge before the army did and could make
all the ammunition they needed.

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12 Drummers

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12 Officers

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