THE DURANGO KID
fy BACK, WHEN OUR COUNTRY WAS
YOUNG, THE WEST WAS STILL EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE TRULY GREAT
AMERICANS WERE THE INTREPID PIONEERS
OF THE BACKWOODS OF NEW YORK, PENN
SYLVANIA AND OHIO— WHERE THE WOODS:
WERE THICK AND SOWN WITH SUDDEN DEAT?
OF THE “NEW”
OF THE BACKWOCOSMEN WAS DAN BRAND — ‘ANCESTOR OF
STEVE BRAND —AND HIS LITTLE INDIAN FRIEND, TIPI, WHO
BLAZED NEW TRAILG OF ADVENTURE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW,
PUSHING CIVILIZATION AND JUSTICE ACROSS THE CONTINENT
WORLD! HERE WAS WHITE AMERICAN AND
BROWN AMERICAN FIGHTING COMMDN
DEADLY ENEMIES SIDE BY SIDE!
es Sor COURSE DAN BRAND WASN'T ‘aLways/
JA PIONEER. NO, THERE WAS A TIME...
(iN 1770! ALL PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY TURNS:
‘QUT FOR THE WEDDING OF WEALTHY YOUNG
DAN BRAND AND HIS SWEETHEART, LUCY WHARTON,
A FINE MATCH RIGHT! BUT-I’M SURE THE
TWO OF THE OTHER MAN, PETER BRAD-
PROUDEST NAMES IN ‘|
eT cart wave pen, wo WY
one ase Witt! 1M GONG
To Rie YOU.AN Beano?(GxabeoRDS Tea LED.
WESTWARD!THE DURANGO KID
THUNDER! T-MuST)
BEAST OF THE FOREST, BUT A SLASHING
HAVE WET MY BLOW FROM THE SLEDGEHAMMER PAW..
POWDER JN THAT a ~
LAST STREAM! IF
CAN GET TO MY
MY ARM=IT'S BROKEN
USELESS! THIS 1S THE
FINISH, DAN. BRAND.
GO OUT FIGHTIN
| KILLED HIME
BUT WHAT'S THE
USE? EXHAUSTED.
LOSING BLOO!
3-7 THINK 7)
THE PRINEVAL WILDERNESS, ‘WE FOUND YOO) | [THANK yOu, THEN,
BROODING BLINOLY OVER LIFE ALMOST DEAD IN CHIEF GREAT DEER, | YOU ARE.
AND OBATH Ano VIOLENCE, the woos Two “1 [Foe saving My) STi TO.
CLAIMS ITS OWN! OMINOUS ig AM 1? DAYS AGO AND WE | |LIFE. BUT I MUST/ WEAK, MY.
Hence GRIPS THe roresT SUL} How O10) aRQUGHT YOU. | |col'z HWE A 4
VAGAIN AND DARKNESS EGE?) TO OUR VILLAGE.1
‘ORAWS.A VEIL OVER DAN BRAND HY HERE? / AM GREAT DEER,
IPLUNGING HIM INTO A HALF WHO CHIEF OF ALL THE
SLEEP HALF-DEATH. MINUTES, CATAWBAS AND
OURS. OAYS— THEY'RE ALL THs 1s TP), MY
THE SAME IN THAT BLACK, BLIND SON! igh
‘PIT FROM. WHICH SO FEW
RETURN...THE DURANGO KID
TL HONOR YOUR MISSION OF
VENGEANCE, AY SON. BUT
HERE IS AN’ OLD MAN'S
ADVICE— STAY WITH US
AWHILE AND RECOVER Your
WEALTH. WE WiLL
TEACH YOU THE
FOREST, THE
))) INoIAN
AI
AIS SSS
YOU SPEAK Wise
WORDS, GREAT DEER.
TWILL STAY! AND I
WILL LEARN ALL You
CAN TEACH, SO THAT
2 CAN oveRcOME
y ENEMY!
aes FINE SHOT! YOu
PICKED UP HIS. TRAIL WITH
CLEVERNESS AND YOu KEPT
HIM BETWEEN. THE WIND
AND YOU, 0 HE WOULD NOT.
Pick UP YOUR MAN SMELL!
WAND THEN YOU WiLL
‘CONQUER BOTH THE
WILDERNESS AND YOUR
ENEMY, THE STRONG OF
HEART D0 NOT THROW
THEMSELVES FOOLISHLY
INTO DANGER, BUT PRE~
PARE THEMSELVES! LET
US. TEACH YOU CUNNING
BRAND—
AND BE My,
BROTHER?
YOU ARE A GOOD PUPIL, MY.BOY!
Ber
gap J
iy Oh
"RIGOROUS MONTHS THAT TEMPERED Dan's| >
BY THE SPIRIT OF
MWY ANCESTORS,
YOU ARE GETTING
700 GOOD FOR ME!
MY MISSION IS STILL | MY HEART
JUNFULFILLED, GREAT
DEER--50 NOW T
|MUST GO. 1 LOOK ON
YOU AS A FATHER,
MY NOBLE TEACHER.
(QUICK, DEFEND youR-
SELVES! THEY ATTACK!
THEY ATTACK! THEY--~
HE'S DEAD! TO
THE DEFENSES,
EVERYONE ! sotIN A FEW MINUTES...!
PTHESE ARE CHIPPEWA FROM ACROSS
‘THE MOUNTAIN. AN UNKNOWN. WHITE
MAN SELLS THEM FIRE WATER AND
STIRS THEM TO WAR
SO HE CAN SELL. THEM
FALL BACK, CHIPPEWA!
FALL BACK— THEY'RE
700. STRONG FOR
THE DURANGO KID
‘DIE, FODLIGH CHIPPEWA!
YOU A LESSON THiS
HELP
NO, DON'T GO? Y”
HAVE NO ONE!
STAY AND BE
‘MY | BROTHER!
DON'T LEAVE:
ME FRALONE!
NEVER FORGET!
UGH! MY SON,
ME=
TM SORRY,
TP THIS
TIME I
MUST GO!
NOW I MUST
AVENGE.
TWO DEATHS!
G00D-BYE!
lOF THE FOREST, FOLLOWS
THE: TRAIL OF THE RETREATING
THEY RETREATED THIS WAY,
RUNNING FAST, GOING BACK
THE Same WAY THEY CAME
JUDGING FROM THE PRINTSTHE DURANGO KID
Tey SCATTERED eRe!
WHISKEY INTHE AIR! ~Twis
MUST BE WHERE BRADFORD BRADFORD!
DISTRIBUTED THE FIRE water I AT LAST.
AND RIFLES. Ak, HOOF MARKS, Z
IMANY OF THEM! —WE MUST 7
HAVE BROUGHT UP His STUFF VaR e
NOT FAST ENOUGH, > ‘SAVE YOUR ROTTEN
eraororo! | /ZaN a BREATH, BRADFORD
Ke You'LL NEED IT!THE DURANGO KIDTHE DURANGO KID
LIEUTENANT WASHINGTON, naws ein! TiEcaroes
SOME OaY WELL FREE THIS \ ‘ON THE WARPATH! dt
COUNTRY FROM TYRANNY! - i
OTHER MEN FEEL THE SAME il
BA, AS HEY! war's THs?
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Wen
RONT 1 \ * FORT NECESSITY, NEAR PRESENT DAY UNONTOWN, WAS THE
E1000 on Tie Re FIRST COMMAND OF GEORGE WASHINGTON —
REGULAR TRAILS, YOU'RE
SURE TO RUN INTO
PLENTY OF FIGHTING...fcc WHICH WILL ONLY DELAY AND
ING YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVE OF
REACHING THE STOCKADE QUICKLY
WITH FRESH p>
‘You'Re quire
RIGHT, DAN. WHAT
DO YOU SUGGEST?
THE DURANGO KID
TIBI AND I KNOW THE FORESTS
WELL! LET US GO ON AHEAD AND
BLAZE A NEW TRAIL FOR
FOLLOW — ONE THE INDIANS WO!
HAVE TO GUARD!
‘BUT NOT.
/700 CLOSE,
We
RIGHT, TIPi! WEVE
YOU 70)
NT
G0 10.17,
DAN WE'LL
BE RIGHT ON
YOUR HEELS!
)
Ss
HAVEN'T ATTACKED YET!
THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY, TIPLE.
BOLDNESS DOES:
WT! LET'S
WHERE WE'RE
GOING!THE DURANGO KID
ge KG Sa
INTRUDER! INES ? "
Bs
1 AM_DAN. BRAND AND THIS 1S TIP), 7
APAINCE OF THE CATAWEAS. we LIVE )| |NOE THE WATE MEN Rit
AS BROTHERS~IN PEACE! WE HAVE AIR) THEY SLAUGHTER THE
epee Ask iy ae ae WITHOUT NEED. THEY WILL
we must FIGHT FOR WHAT ) VENGEANCE! WAIT! WAIT—! Why SHOULD
OWN? We I \xmeer Kite? J” THOUSANDS DIE INA GREAT
RIVER OF BLOOD? 1 OFFER MY=
SELF AS A TOKEN—LET ME
FIGHT YOUR STRONGEST BRAVE
IN AN HONORABLE CONTEST
BEFORE BOTH SIDES...THE DURANGO:KID
‘SHOULD f LOSE—THEN THE DEATH AGREE!
OF LONELY FOX WILL BE AVENGED!
AND SHOULD I WIN —TZ PLEDGE TO
LEAD THE WHITE SETTLERS IN
WAYS OF PEACE/ AGREED?
HURRY, TIPI— GO TO THE STOCK-
‘ADE AND TELL THEM ABOUT
‘THIS. AGREEMENT. WHATEVER
HAPPENS — THEY MUST HOLD
THEIR FIRE!
LOOKEE, “RED'y
PTIS A INJUN—
‘GOOD LUCK, DAN
MY BROTHER!
T AIN'T TRUSTIN’
ANY REDSKIN! WE
HOLD "IM FER HOSTAGE — JiST
IN CASE, THEM INJUNS--TRY. ANY-|
:D! YOU ARE A BRAVE
TALL RIGHT,
MEN LET
7
21M THROUGH !
OTHER
4 A
Soe ili}
HEY! COON UP HERE, _BY BL
GUIcK—THEY GOT A
WHITE MAN
our THERE! ) dlls
S-
KILL THIS Hi
AZES! -EF'N THEYTHE DURANGO KID
‘AN ERROR WE
CAN CORRECT, }
MY FRIENDTHERE'S ONLY ONE THING:
TO_D0 NOW—IF I CAN
GET TO THE STOCKADE—/) [py
‘YOU IGNORANT FOOL! \/_T0 THE
THIS WILL MEAN DEFENSES!
HUNDREDS OF LIVES! THEY'RE
ATTACKING!THE DURANGO KID
WASHINGTON'S TRODPS—)) [P BACK, TUSCARORAS—
THEY'RE COMING? HOLD | | RETREAT! THEY HAVE
‘ON! US FROM BOTH Sikes 4
S NOW! FALL BACK? of
i
WE'VE JUST WON A BATTLE, LIEUI
ENANT "BUT THE WAR GOES Ow!
You stay Here Ano | BACK INTO. THE WOODS FOR
Ce Tae SERRaR® [mel AND ME—T0 TRY TO MAKE] |S
GY 1N THEIe FIGHT AcaInsr pa PEACE!
THE TUSCARORAS, DA :THE DURANGO KID
Brand-].ipl
DRUMS! SMOKE SIGNALS!
THEY'RE CALLING A r WITH You, THROUG
BROTHER?
ZT THE INDIAN CAMA CHE WARNING THUNDER SPEAKS.
/ WARRIORS! OUR SCOUTS REPORT A GREAT TRIBE KILL! KILL THEM ALL! IF WE DO NOT, THEY
WILL SOON TAKE OUR LANDS AWAY FROM US,
HEIGHTS, ENTERING OUR
BELOVED LAND! MY
BRAVES, WE MUST
JAKE THE WARPATH
AGAINST THEM!THE DURANGO KID
NO! You ARE WRONG!
\( eve oF naw
15 RIGHT!
NO! THE WHITE MAN SPEAKS)
LIES! ANOE am YouR
‘Guiee— You Wise OBEY
BN Me! 5, CHIEF WARNING
py, a (cA Va el a
NA
+ . Tots
[Fseize Te IWVADER! KILL HIM!
Wi WILL END Hie SCALP BY
ARROW INTO THE NEART OF
THE SETTLERS' CHIEF!I DON'T LIKE TO
UPSET ANYBODY
(/ THIS ARROW POINTS G000 Boy,
THE Way 70. DEATH,
TIPLE
WHITE INVADER’
‘THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM, TIPI—
THEY'RE ON THE WARDATH! WE'VE
GOT TO GET 70 THE SETTLERS, HOLD YER FIRE, MEN! TLL
‘AND PREPARE THEM > BE HANGED IF THAT AIN'T DAN
Maal FOR WAR! 7 BRAND AND HIS SIDEKICK, TI7I—
4 THREE DAY THAT WE HEERD SO MUCH ABOUT!
TRIP“BUT WE
SHALL DOIT
IN TWO!AND $0 WARN YOU NOT
TO TAKE THE TRAILS, YOU'LL
GET AMBUSHED AND MaSSA-
CRED FOR SURE! THEY'RE
OUT TO KILL!
THE DURANGO KID
(GES
Ose Caos
FOLLOW Mey
ONE HUNDRED FEET LONG!)
THAT SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH FOR A
GQBw0 S00N, STRANGE-LOOKING CRAFT BEGIN TO TAKE
SHAPE AT THE RWER'S EDGE,
COUPLE OF FAMILIES,
Now LET US BUILD WALLS —
WILL 8 FLOATING FORTS.
BETTER CHANCE 70 CBFEND
(OURSELVES THIS WAY!
ResTHE DURANGO KID
Fixnevrane rane)
PORTS! WOMEN, LOAD
‘MUSKETS I CHILOREN ‘MABU KONIHO KAI DIE FOR
MEASURE POWDER! _/ ‘ GLORY,
FIGHT! WARRIORS!
Boon nore ours wescenswa a
Pew bank To aun, SwE0ES Like
7
DON'T LET THEM GET A
FOOTING! NOT AN INCH,
ness f
THEY'RE RETREATING!
WE BEAT THEM!THE DURANGO KID
‘THIS MAY COST
US OUR LIVES,
LITTLE BROTHER!
IT THAT MOMENT, WARNING THUNDER
LS HIS BEATEN WARRIORS TOA COUNCIL
OF WAR, =
NO! We HAVE KAD,
‘ENOUGH OFTHE DURANGO KID
T WANTED TO TALK PEACE THEN IT'S FIGHT TWILL DIE, WHITE MAN=FOR LIFE
BUT IF IT'S A FIGHT YOU WANT... YOULL GET! 1S OVER FOR ME, I HAVE LOST
‘A BATTLE AND TAM NO
LONGER CHIEF...
BLACK WATERS!
DAN! OH, DAN!
MY BROTHER —
(G08!)
Vx HAVE KILLED
ONE OF YOUR CHIEFS~
17 THE WATE Yer ESAy 7 CONE {| SuEke ny PREND—THAT 45 J
MAN — THE SETTLERS! LONG AST AM CHIEF, THERE
WARRIOR | WILL BE PEACE AND FRIEND-
‘SHIP!
£STHE DURANGO KID
WELL STOP HERE
FOR THE NIGHT!
STOP EVERYBODY! Aig
TWO WEEKS, DAN BRAND AND WIS YOUNG INDIAN FRIEND, TIP, HAVE BEEN GUIDES’ FOR A TRAIN
OF PIONEERS PUSHING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. AS@NEY CALL A HALT
FOR THE NIGHT, LITTLE DO THEY GUESS WHAT FRESH ADVENTURE THE WILDERNESS WILL BRING...
WHAT'S
pow yrs
seer
Sou mon
That? S0uNDs Wein io
SUL
Vy CARTWRIGHT'S:
puuenrea)
LIKE A SCREAM! Dg 4,
LF
; pis
Ry be. VES,THE DURANGO KID
VV tHere's ony
ONE WAY TO TAKE
CARE OF THIS!
ser
WITH US:
HELP START A GREAT CITY!THE DURANGO KID
FROM THE WAY OY.
‘DAUGHTER ANN'S BEEN f
WATCHING YOU, ‘'VE NOTICED
=I DON'T THINK IT WOULD Fi AND OUR LIFE TO-
BE TOO HARD FOR You WEEKS... GETHER IN THE WiLos|
bec st IM IN HIS WAY...
BUT MY LIFE IN THE WILDS WITH _TIPI
DEARER TO ME THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU. SEE, WE HAVE A MISSION TOGETHER
TAN TIPI'IS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER!
GIT YER_HANDS UP=QUICK!
‘START. WORKIN’
MENLTHE DURANGO. KID
PHE SAND OF OUTLAWS, WORKING QUICKLY, LOOT DON'T WANT NO PLEASE DON’T HIT HM
This STUNNED SETTLERS OF THEIR’ MOST PRECIOUS| HE'S AN OLD MAN!
POSSESSIONS. RavBEA
b 7A TaKe YOUR MAND: 7
WELL, WELL! — OF WER, YOU ) :
A LIKELY = LOOKIN’ i Fiuray & .
WENCH! Millay e s
“ATER DAN, UNABLE TO FIND TIP}, |T SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT
RETURNS TO BE TOLO ABOUT THE |THEM ALONE ~EVEN IF TIP)
RAID AND KIDNAPPING,
HEARD THAT,
GRAVBEARD! Rs
GET YOU oUT!
FAW! MAW! HAW!THE DURANGO KID
EL?
WOTCHA Say, POP!
UT AS "EYE" RAISES HIS HAND...
aTHE DURANGO KID.
WHERE
WELL SEE JisT HOW MUCH
YE KIN TAKE AFORE WE
iLL YE!
TAK
ay
BA
cE THEM, BRAVES.
KANDOH/ MADAH!
py. iAONCE” MORE,
YOU'RE WRONG, TIP
NOTHING WE COULD CO’ WiLL
TAKE DAN AWAY FROM HIS
LIFE WITH YOU! HE TOLD
THE DURANGO KID
20 Now? must
GO BACK TO MY
‘OWN PEOPLE!
FAREWELL, DAN
{+ 01,7101" ano
MEANT IT!
WELL, THEN=WHAT ARE
WE WAITING FOR? LETS
GET BACK TO THE
PIONEERS ~ THERE'S
WORK THERE FOR YOU
‘AND ME TO 00...8THE DURANGO KID
‘Sooner THAN YOU THINK, MACSHANE!
IN ANOTHER PART. OF THE FOREST...
IT 1S BECAUSE T LOVE THE REOMAN,
AND HIS WAYS THAT T WARN YOU OF
HS GREAT DANGER! THE WHITE MEN
WHO CUT DOWN THE TREES "WILL SOON
WITHOUT. FORESTS TO:
HUNT INI THEY WILL DRIVE YOU
(OFF THE LAND OF YOUR FATHERS!‘CUNNING, ZO NOT TRUST HIM! 3
THe TREE-CUTTERS HE PLOTS
AGAINST ARE FRIENDS OF DAN
BRAND, THz PROTECTOR OF INDIAN
‘NO WHITE MAN ALIKE. T WILL
NEVER BETRAY DAN SAND!
THE DURANGO KID
NOW FOR THE WHISKEY ANO TLL HAVE oom
“HEM EATING OUT OF MY HANO THESE OUMB
INJUNG! THEYLL WIPE OUT THE PENNSY
LUMBER COMPANY— AND THEN. MY COMPANY
CAN GRAB THE CONTRACT FOR THE JOB. TILL
DOUBLE THE PRICE OF THE LUMBER BECAUSE
‘OF THE RISK—AND MAKE A FORTUNE!
[ey RIGHT! THiS 15 a pare
FOREST— AND WE WHO KNOW
ITS WAYS. CAN MAKE IT SERVE|
‘THe CAUSE OF RIGHT! MAC
‘SHANE, TELL YOUR MEN TO
[CUNNING ) GRAB THEIR AXES AND
FOLLOW ME.
ONLY A HUNDRED
(OF YOU—AND THEY
700 ARE ARMED!THE DURANGO KID
si
TO _FALL ON THE
ATTACKERS! WHY,
I'S BRILLIANT?
(COMES ANOTHER SHOUT, BACK, MEN) BACK TO THE
THe EARS
NEXT LINE OF TREES “AND
; Ni eA :THE DURANGO KID
SCREAMING WITH RAGE, THE SECOND WAVE OF wplANs |
[POURS LIKE A HOWLING TORRENT OVER THE
AND DEATH —ALL THAT 16 LEFT OF THE FIRST WAVE.
IOF ATTACKERS...
[rut pice a narnow, sHaLtow
PLACE — 7H/s OVE WILL 00.
ie
TLE DEFEAT! T NEVER
COUNTED ON.
A FEW MORE OF Tue cuteent \Y Listen! ToOse - \f/
hese Wil £0! coun Ur akeab: ay wy
TuevL NEVE Tus mare we || ‘WHAT caN THEY MOMENTS WELL 4
UNTANGLE HIS ei eetonces nso
ness! ee ,
= : R NEVER ‘GET OUT!
é ‘os!THE eONED oe
VP Sie
Tuis power \ V..wwica witt Vl
ait wi act } (Now, Uonr!
AS A FUSE:
THERE WE 16! HE'S ouT—
WAVE Been Nr! Taoes, ees
A 50 eeTHE DURANGO KID
UNLESS — THERE Was.
ROCKIN THAT DIRECTION
ie
DEATH!
SAFELY DEPOSITED FOR THE
1SE_DEAL Ri "TIME HE BECOMES A MAN,
SONS IF HE LIVES THROUGHTHIS!
YOURS, JEAN LESOR, EX-PIRATE."77S) To YEARe Be=ORE THE REVOLUTION!) 3
‘ THERE'S THE HOUSE
b aaT COME SECRETLY FROM BOSTON TO TELL YOU
ARM YOURSELVES / Senter
oR HE REVALUTION! ae |G SURRENDER,
READY, SAM ADAMS AND WS Futwy REBELS—
MEN HAVE BOARDED BRITISH A “ENOUGH OF WN THE_NAME OF
SHIPS AKO DUMPED THEIR _AQ> THE KING'S THE CROWN! YOu
OMERTAXED TEA INTO TYRANNY! ARE SURROUNDED!
THE BOSTON HARBOR? ‘
PUT UPA STAUNCH
BATTLE BUT,
WELL SHUT YERE_RIGHT.LAD! BUT IN THE
your REBEL | | WHOLE FRONTIER T KNOW OF
You way TAKE US, \ MOUTH YET,
Rencqar swine —" ) You RABBLE-
SUT THE REVOLUTION ) ROUSING DOG!
WILL GO ON! MEN, MARCH
THE BLIGHTERS
OFF TO THE GOVERNOR
DUNGEONS!Were Waray] / tuts Te stow, oav—uniess] [or course were
dean's House {( ye Ger sem Our mevuL Be | | wire You~z0 Tue beaTH!
5 Mini DO WE a
SmaRT?
THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE, AT THE REAR GA
reed
V/euimey? Tre LoRos
LYDIES ARE SURE
NOW 10 FIND THE.
DUNGEON! BoLDVeSS
OOES IT, TPL?HAL HIS EXCELLE
(FORT
TAKE CARE OF Hii
FOOLISH REBELS!
7” &v Jove, vou con't say!
BY THE CROWN —
hOTLL NAVE THEIR HEADS!
‘STEADY, TIPI!
WERE ALMOST
THERE!
FRANKLIN 1S IN SOLITARY COWAINE|
‘MENT,(N CELL BAN
STHAT'S THE T-T-TT-TRUTH! T
7 SWEAR IT?RIGHT! I HOLD THE
nor
RABBLE! HEE -HEE-MEE “Ha-HA-HA!
COME, BLEEKER~LET US REJOIN
THE BALL! BY JOvE, BUT TM
IN A JOLLY GOOD MOOD!
NOW, YOU SCUM! JUST
ad
JOB! STOP IT, NOW!TA THe
KEY! TAKE
YOuR -squap
AND GET FRANK
uN
T THANK YOU DAN! THE,
REVOLUTION WILL MAVE GREAT.
NEED OF MEN LIKE YOU. YOUD
MAKE A BRLLANT GENERAL
THAT STRATEGY WAS
MAGNIFICENT!
‘CONT HARM ME,
BRAND —DON'T HAP
Ne, PLEASE —
AFTER ALL, THD)
70 TAKE CARE
or avseie? )
FIGHT, MEN —
FiGHT "70 THE
GATE _ANO HOLO
THERE!
THANKS, GEORGE,
BUT TM NOT
‘DOKING FOR
GOLD BRAID! t
PREFER 10 FIGHT
IT QUT RIGHT
YOUVE
YOURSELF ENOUGH! THE
BOYS OUTSIDE THAT WIN
‘COW WILL TAKE CARE
ALL’
DAN = WE'VE
gor
FRANKUN / DOM! MEN WITH
Ries Form a
REAR GUARD AND
COVER 0)
MOVEMENT
THESE FRONTIERSMEN AND T WW) SM SURE YOU WiLL,
L FORM A GUERILLA ARMY DAN! AND THE TIME
READY 10 S7/KE WHEN WILL_ COME SOON —
THE TIME COMES! 7 ASSURE 'y SOON
YOU WE WILL DO HONOR TO
THE CAUSE!THE DURANGO KID
wr
ENCH AND LES Ge a = 2 AC RE
a ee ‘FOE pee OF He
TRO A ee a
ee Riemer a “MAS Ss.
GETTLERS, WHEN STIRRED TO WAR,
Te, yaa pants CLEAN
Fate ‘SHARPEN TOMAHAWKS:
[70 THE EDGE OF THE KEENEST
FRISE| BROTHERS! Sa R n ee ee eee
ET US SPEED 70 For, TOMDEROW THs SEAT
Cone Abt Ue (DIAN NA}
Wig THe CAL -
9 INDI beesTRE DURANGO KID
THALLY WHEN ALL THe CHES ABE ARGIABED oe TEI CON] [7 6000! FoR we, THe IROQUOIS
Fe OY AE OE ye Be oS ne
Y/. we Promise GREAT TRACTS OF LAND, ~\(~ AH, oul-s0! 28 KING SETTLER WHO TAKES AWAY
MANY BRIGHT BEADS, MUCH FIRE-waTER \ OF FRANCE—HE HAS ‘OUR HUNTING LANDS! WE
AND RIFLES, IF YOU WAKE WAR AGAINST ) ONLY LOVE FOR ZE NEED YOUR RIFLES
THE ENGLISH COLONIES. EES NOT SO? _/ BRAVE CHIEFS OF 26 <— THEN WE,
IROQUOIS“AND HURON
FIGHT. FOR YOUR
‘WES! 17'S WAR.
EWE GOT 70 Of
Ry THE WATED, FEARFUL WORD, MASSACRE
MASSACRES! oli ite FE mine ea
THROTTLED SCREAM! STARK FEAR" RIDES 'N ADVANCE OF THE POURING. WAVES OF,
THE NDIAN ARMIES! THE ROLDS ARE CHOKED WITH FLEEING MBFUGEES RUNNING FOB
THEN LIVES. MASSACRE!” EXPLODES ACROSS THE WhOERNESS TOWNS —
ONE STEM THe SAVAGE TIDE >
Sino]
=
Kiba [ Kuk! kik! WE SHALL LINE 3 oe :
Mb tants its Me eis oerne f 3
Warne en? ain ala
= NF it nf
= an PR : ped CLE
: 1 Nee :THE DURANGO KID
BRITISH COLONIAL ARN My 7? RESCUE! Ai ee RAL, TM eee
| TEiie Tice AUS ON ie Balt BANE an Fier? Ye erie rae
7 HOPE WERE ON TIME! \/ 1 KNOW GENERAL BRADDOCK— IF
EVERY, MINUTE Means a ){ ONLY YOUR TROOPS COULD MOVE ARSETS
TIRE SAVED, DaN Brandy /\ ChasreR? oe, pac oun. ck
ey DISPERSE BEHIND EVERY.
~~ THEY. EVEN PAINT THEIR BODIES B4y/ COLONEL ("x oon THINK \" FOOLS! WHAT UTTER
AN FACES FOR CAMCUPLAGE! Wale house asinerow \ I's novsense | NONSENGE! SRA
ISN'T A FAeADE GROUND FOR 7¥7EM, ) WHAT DO YOU THINK | WHEN
GENERAL UNLESS YOU CHANGE YOUR / OF THIS NONSENSE? { BRANDE RGHT,
WAY OF FIGHTING YOU'LL BE BEATEN SR TONS
MERCLESSLY, INDANS MUST BE ‘OUR GUGLES, THEYLL, RUN.
FOUGHT INDIAN-STYLE! LIKE THE COWARDS THEY ARE!
TNAGNE PRIMITIVE GAVAGES
BEATING HIS MATESTY'S TROOPS
(MEOSSIBLE?
DO. WHAT d iD UP THE FRIENDLY TRIBES OF
IDAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! 1 ICATAWBA, CHIPPEWA AND MOHAWK
FEAR THAT BRADDOCK WILL BE I—ANO BRING THEM AGAINST
ISORELY BEATEN. THE COLONIES THEIR ANCIENT ENEMIES, THE
WiLL GE LOST UNLESS SOMETHING ! IROQUOIS “AND HURON...
IS DONE ABOUT FIGHTING THE
INDIANS. IN. THEIR OWN WAY— AND.
YOURE THE ONE TO COT!
QUICKLY, LITTLE BROTHER. WE MUST
ROUNDTHE DURANGO KID
DAEUY, WATE! Toe TRAP 16 BET
/0r "STYLE. T —
SOON, MY BRAVES —
we Bal saverren
THESE SILLY PARADERS!
te IND, RANICSTRICKEN, THEY FLEE —
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TAKE DAT!
GRACE![/ GENTLEMEN, I REPRESENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. PATRIOTISM, INDEED! SiR,
J WILL BE BRIEF—WE NEED MONEY, ALL YOU WILL Give A
CAN SPARE. IF’ WE CANNOT
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‘MR. BRAND!
HIS MAJESTY,
THE KING.
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LET MY _UFE savinos \/ A FREE AMERICA,
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‘TO MY HOUSE THIS
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WE OUGHT TO BE AT DAN. WITH ALL THESE ROVALISTS
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COUPLE FOR ME TOO! IF BRAND AND MS LITTLE SAVAGE
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LET THE REBELS STARVE
THEYLL NEVER LAST THE
WINTER QUT! My FRIENDS,
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