Dirty Harry #1: “Duel
For Cannons” by Dane Hartman (Ric Meyers). Texas sheriff Boris Tucker and his
family are in California on vacation, to get away from the maddening political
corruption in San Antonio. However, Boss Hannibal Striker (a wetback named Ed
Villavada) is in control of the political system as well as crooked cops, and
sends a gunslinger named Sweetboy Williams to kill him. Tucker is a friend of
Harry Callihan, however, and Sweetboy wants to lead Dirty Harry to San Antonio
for a real gunfight at the Alamo. Leaving enough clues for Harry to follow, it
doesn’t take long for Dirty Harry’s brand of justice to start taking hold. This
was the first of a new paperback series based on the popular film series of the
same name, which would run for a total of 12 issues. Thoroughly enjoyable, as
San Antonio was once my own stomping grounds, and the areas covered by Harry
were quite familiar. The story was fun, too. Apparently, two authors wrote the
series: Ric Meyers and Leslie Alan Horvitz. I found the stories by Meyers to be
the better of those written for the series. This one in particular is one of
the best.
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