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Dead-Eye Western Comics #3
An anthology issue featuring multiple Western stories. "The Callous Murder" depicts Ed Reed and the Yore Brothers pursuing a fugitive named John Younger at a Kansas City fair, where they attempt to prevent a bank robbery and engage in a climactic chase. A longer text story chronicles the exploits of fur traders Wilson P. Hunt and Manuel Lisa as they navigate the Missouri River and compete against rival trading parties while contending with hostile Indians and treacherous conditions in the early 1800s. "The Widow Maker," set during the Civil War, shows a soldier named Clay saying goodbye to his wife Maw and son Jed at their Texas home before joining a troop to help Lee stop the Yankees.