Cow Puncher Comics #6
In "The Blacksmith Bandits," Kit West unravels a chilling mystery at Fort Gresham, where a string of murders has the frontier outpost on edge. When an orangutan belonging to the lonely sailor Ben is revealed as the culprit, the truth behind the violence leads to a surprising and deeply personal motive. Art by Jill Elgin brings the 1949 western thriller to life, with cover by Walter Johnson capturing the story’s tense atmosphere.
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Kit West solves the mystery of a series of murders of women at Fort Gresham. An orangutan belonging to Sailor Ben is exposed as the culprit. Sailor Ben never had romantic success because "women hate him because he's so ugly," so he took out his anger on young women at the fort.
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