Star Ranger Funnies #4
"Vacation Way Out West" in Star Ranger Funnies #4 (1939) delivers a classic Western tale of greed, grit, and a surprise buried beneath the dust. Written, drawn, and inked by Rafael Astarita, this early adventure follows a stranger who bets everything on a gold mine, only to face a tense showdown with the man who sold it—where a single bullet changes everything. The cover by Dick Dyer captures the moment’s tension, perfectly framing the story’s rugged frontier spirit.
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A stranger in town is offered a share in a gold mine for $5,000. He works and works but comes to the conclusion the mine has dried up. Weeks later the seller arrives, thinking the sucker will have cleared out by now, but they fight, and a bullet uncovers a vein of gold overhead.
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