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Gunsmoke #8

Aug 1950 · Youthful · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue contains three Western tales. "The Masked Marvel" follows the masked vigilante as he investigates cattle rustling in Calhoun City, where millionaire oilman Chet Fairchild's cattle are being driven onto his land. "The Sundown Kid" depicts a young hero working to prevent Duke Dolan from foreclosing on Hank Hart's ranch by stopping a cattle drive. A third story involves a stagecoach robbery, with the bandit hiding at the Little Casino dance hall in town, and authorities pursuing him across multiple stage stops.

Contains 4 stories
Finger of Fate
8 pp

When Red Kelsey, a vengeful escaped outlaw, kidnaps the sheriff's daughter Amy Ross for revenge, Gunsmoke and his partner Pedro become the prime suspects—blamed by a witness who saw them chasing her runaway horse earlier that day. Thrown in jail and forced to break free, the two must track Kelsey's gang to a hidden canyon hideout, rescue Amy, and face off against impossible odds to clear their names. With guns blazing and quick thinking their only weapons, Gunsmoke uncovers a secret that changes everything about the case.

Riddle of the Phantom Herd
7 pp

In Calhoun City, when a dispute over missing cattle points suspicion toward an innocent rancher named Ramsay, the Masked Marvel—masquerading as the mild-mannered Chet Fairchild—uncovers a clever rustling scheme designed to frame him. Working with the local sheriff, Marvel observes the criminals at work and discovers the ingenious trick behind the "phantom herd" and the false evidence that threatens to condemn an innocent man.

The Big Drive
8 pp

When Hank Hart and his daughter Alice need hired hands for a dangerous cattle drive to market, they mortgage their ranch to the ruthless Duke Dolan—who then threatens to foreclose by keeping workers away. Enter the Sundown Kid, a mysterious stranger who takes on the job and faces down Dolan's men across treacherous marshes, raging rivers, and gunfire to see the herd through. It's a tale of grit and quick draw heroics as one man stands against a scheme of greed and corruption in the Old West.

Sam Bass and the Deadwood Stage
6 pp

When a bandit murders her brother during a stagecoach robbery, Bonnie Lee sets out to track down the killer—Sam Bass—by transforming herself into a sultry dance-hall performer named Flame O'Hara. Working with the sheriff, she sets an elaborate trap to catch the outlaw red-handed and make him answer for his crime. It's a tale of revenge, deception, and the price of living a double life in the Old West.

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Raw (Good) $220
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $1,609*
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CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $462*
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Full credits

artist, inker Manny Stallman
cover pencils, inks Mike Becker

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Reprinted in The Masked Marvel #3 (1953)

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