A Movie Classic #73
In "Stranger in Town," a tense Western mystery unfolds in the dusty town of Buckskin, where Annie O'Connell and her son Jody ride the stagecoach into a storm of suspicion. When a robbery shakes the outskirts, a mysterious stranger checks in at the hotel—only to be accused by a passenger and thrown in jail. As a dangerous game of false evidence unfolds, Jody follows a cryptic clue to a hidden shack, leading the marshal straight to the real culprits. Written by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, with art by Sparky Moore, this gripping tale of justice and deception is illustrated with sharp, evocative detail.
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While returning to the town of Buckskin, Annie O'Connell and her son Jody are passengers on a stage that is robbed outside of town. Later a stranger checks in at the hotel and one of the stage passengers is sure he is one of the robbers and has him arrested. The real gang learns of the arrest and frames the jailed man by throwing a note in the jail window. Jody follows the note-thrower to a shack near town, then takes the Marshal there to capture the gang.
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