I cacciatori di scalpi

Plot and script: Gianluigi Bonelli
Artwork: Guglielmo Letteri/ Aurelio Galleppini
Cover Design: Aurelio Galleppini

After defeating the Daughter of the Dragon and freeing the Chinese slaves who’d been kept locked up while waiting to be sold, the pards return to the West. There they are soon hot on the heels of five ruthless scalp hunters who besiege ranches disguised as Indians. The horrendous trophies are then sold to a wicked Mexican trafficker, Huerta, owner of a trading post that is soon burnt to the ground by Tex. The trail of the rascals leads to Tombstone, where the foul trader Kurt Mayer ‘launders’ raided cattle, while the renegade Sheriff Bill Blythe covers every misdeed of the band. In this number: the previous adventure extends from page 5 to page 36 (artwork by Letteri); from page 37 to page 114, “I cacciatori di scalpi” (“The scalp hunters”) (artwork by Galleppini).