The Last Ride Of The Copperhead Kid

This short story was my first published professional fiction. It appeared in the AHOY Comics title The Second Coming # 5, which reached comic book stores on November 27th, 2019. It was the third of four short stories I sold to AHOY in 2019, but the first to see print. I am proud to finally present it here at Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do). A link to its sort-of sequel appears after the story.

My first Western. I wrote it because I wanted to write a Western. I betcha my Dad would have liked it. Saddle up.

Illustration by Ed Catto

The original post has been unpublished for bookkeeping purposes. It can be seen as a chapter in my book Guitars Vs Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies.

Art by Ed Catto

AFTERWORD: Although The Copperhead Kid had ceased his long ride, his story lived on. In the 1930s, a new breed of urban vigilante took up the name of The Copperhead. You can read all about that here: THE COPPERHEAD STRIKES!

Art by Shane White

And that story, in turn, resumes with a tale of a secret agent in 1965. Alas, "The Copperhead Affair" is still a secret ...

...for now.



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