Six-Gun Heroes #75

Jul 1968 · Charlton · 0.12 USD

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This issue features "The Mighty Gunmaster" as its main story, in which Gunmaster's true identity is finally discovered. The narrative reveals that Gunmaster was once a frail child who read dime novels about bandits and lawmen, and as an adult became a train robber who attempted multiple holdups before being caught and reformed. A man at a gun shop confronts Gunmaster, revealing knowledge of his past and his secret dual identity, and attempts to use this information to blackmail him into committing crimes. The story explores Gunmaster's internal conflict between his criminal past and his current heroic persona as he grapples with the threat of exposure.

Contains 4 stories

The Pride And The Blood

6 pp · Western-Frontier

Marshal Wyatt Earp discovers that Captain Homer Carten, commanding officer at Fort Meade, is determined to launch a military campaign against the local tribes to seize glory and win promotion—ignoring the peace treaty that protects them. With the frontier threatening to explode into war, Earp races against time to stop Carten before blood is shed, but finds the Captain willing to use every weapon at his disposal to protect his ambitions. This tense confrontation between duty and pride plays out on the edge of all-out conflict in 1968.

The Square Dance

6 pp · Western-Frontier

Annie Oakley finds herself caught between a ruthless outlaw and a town full of innocent people when Ringo Wells crashes the Connersville Annual Fair's charity square dance with plans to steal the night's collection. With the sheriff held hostage and most of the townspeople unarmed by fair rules, Annie must use her wits and her famous marksmanship to protect the charity fund—and stay one step ahead of a charming crook who thinks she might be willing to join him.

Al Jennings: Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws

3 pp · Western-Frontier

The legend and the reality collide in this tale of Al Jennings, the pint-sized Oklahoma outlaw whose tall tales of gunfights and daring holdups masked a far more fumbling truth. From his youthful obsession with dime novels to his bumbling attempt at a train robbery that ended in panic and flight, discover how the "greatest" desperado of the West was actually a small, fearful man whose brief 104-day bandit career was far more pathetic than the myths he'd later spin. When Marshal Ledbetter finally catches up with Jennings and his brother Frank on the Muskogee Road, the real story of the West's most exaggerated outlaw comes to light.

End of a Secret

10 pp · Western-Frontier

Clay Boone, a peaceful gunsmith tormented by the violence plaguing the frontier, transforms into the legendary Gunmaster when justice demands action—but his carefully guarded secret faces unexpected exposure when an old miner witnesses his transformation and confronts him with the truth. As Clay struggles to justify the duality of his existence, he must decide whether to continue hiding behind his masked persona or risk everything by revealing his true identity to the town.