Credits
Writer(s):
Arnold Drake [as Drake Waller]; Leslie Waller [as Drake Waller]
Penciller(s):
Matt Baker
Inker(s):
Ray Osrin
Letterer(s):
Jason Hvam (Production); ?
Editor(s):
? (original edition)
Subject Matter
Genres:
drama, romantic
Feature(s):
It Rhymes with Lust
Character(s):
Hal Weber; McPhee; Rust Masson; Audrey Masson; Monk Shirl; Arthur Masson [Buck Masson] (images only); Marcus Jeffers; Jimmy Sloan; Tiny Shirl
Synopsis:
Hal Weber, one-time crusading journalist, is summoned to Copper City by his old flame Rust after the death of her husband, mining magnate and political heavyweight Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of The Express, a newspaper with an anti-Masson stance secretly owned by Rust, Hal is drawn back to her even as he falls for her stepdaughter Audrey. The situation in Copper City soon literally becomes explosive, with Hal having to choose between Rust and Audrey, the bottle and his conscience, safety and the truth.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
126
Notes:
Story pages numbered 3 through 128. There is no discrete Chapter 1 title. Chapter 2, Caught in the Web, begins on 25. Chapter 3, Deadly Female, begins on 45. Chapter 4, Indecision, begins on 69. Chapter 5, The Counterplot, begins on 89. Chapter 6, The Serpent Coils, begins on 109.