Writer/illustrator Larry (Horseman) Johnson's all-color Tales from the Broken B #6 hits the scene, and the otherworldly intrigue is at an all-time high for our amiable, investigative protagonists, Clyde Brittle and Ernie Malone, as well as big-hearted foreman, Sam Gladstone.
In "The Gypsies," the Broken B receives a visit from Vorko and his auspicious band, in hopes of securing a business deal, but the nomads hold a secret, which lies with a medicinal lady named Mariska and her beautiful granddaughter, Delilah, whose husband was recently murdered.
At its start, the tale captures the essence of an episode of The Waltons that I fancy, which sports the same name as Johnson's yarn, but in the case of Tales from Broken B, the gypsies are motivated by vengeance, relegating the story to the sort of rough-and-tumble yarns one might find on Bonanza, The Rifleman and Gunsmoke, though with a ghostly twist that matches the culminating impact of The Man-Thing's "Night of the Laughing Dead." To say the least, this one pulled me in and wouldn't let go. In fact, its plaintive aura still surrounds me.
Trust me, folks, this is one to possess!
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