Scalped 59

Trail's End Part 4
By Jason Aaron, R. M. Guéra
Jul 2012

Dino Poor Bear and his gang find Red Crow waiting for them at his closed casino. He's got a stack of cash on his desk. They can hear his voice but can't see him. Red Crow attacks before they get a chance to spot him.

Catcher arrives at the casino with Bad Horse. He leaves Dashiell behind and goes looking for Red Crow, the man he aims to kill. There is some sort of a beef between the two. If nothing else Catcher seems to be out to settle old scores.

The dogs that have been shown following Catcher around show up once again and deal with the remnants of Dino's crew. The only one to escape is Poor Bear. He makes off with some of Red Crow's money. On the way out he stops to give Dash a hand and gives him his guns.

Dash goes in guns a blazing. The fight is beautifully illustrated but the visual storytelling is a mess. It is very hard to tell who is fighting with whom.

Nitz shows up at the last minute after learning from one of his men that that they now have evidence that implicates Catcher as the killer of some FBI agents in the late 1970s. This part felt very tacked on.

The chapter ends with Catcher, Red Crow, and Bad Horse being the only three left standing in the casino. They are pointing guns at one another: Catcher at Red Crow, Red Crow at Bad Horse, and Bad Horse at both of Red Crow and Catcher. Just before the chapter ends they all pull triggers.

I'm not thrilled with this chapter. It doesn't give me a lot of hope for the final one. There was just too much action. It isn't the first time this has happened in this book and maybe I shouldn't be surprised considering the overall tone of the book.

GCD: https://www.comics.org/issue/922467/