Tex Willer LU #193: Prljavi novac
An army patrol is killed south of the Gila River and its payroll vanishes. The tracks point to local Indigenous warriors, but Tex and Carson suspect someone laid a false trail.
In Dirty Money, an army patrol is carrying the payroll to Fort Gila. South of the Gila River, attackers intercept the patrol, kill and scalp the soldiers, and take the money. The manner of the attack and the tracks left by the horses point to warriors from nearby Indigenous communities. At first, it seems clear whom to look for.
Tex Willer and Kit Carson focus on what is missing: the soldiers’ pay. If robbery was the aim, the evidence may have been left deliberately to put the blame on others. The two Rangers set out to find who had a reason to intercept the patrol and disguise the motive for the attack.
Claudio Nizzi builds the investigation around the gap between what the clues show and what someone wants the Rangers to conclude. In Pasquale Del Vecchio’s desert landscape, a set of hoofprints can lead to the killers or send the search in the wrong direction. The story continues in Sandy Well.
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