I swore to protect this town, Colleen. If I don't, I'm no different than the man I was in Mexico.
- —Sheriff Dean "The Deadman" Donnelly
Appearing in "The Ballad of Deadman Donnelly"
Featured Characters:
- Sheriff Dean "The Deadman" Donnelly (First appearance) (Main story and behind the scenes in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Mayor Hutchins (First appearance)
- R.J. Collins (First appearance)
- Madeline (First appearance)
- Deputy Jacob (First appearance; dies)
- Colleen (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed soldaderas (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Death of several)
Other Characters:
- Pancho Villa (Mentioned)
- U.S. Cavalry (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Presidente Victoriano Huerta (Mentioned)
- Eleven other unnamed militiamen (Only appearance; death in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Arizona
- Clearwater (First appearance)
- Lester's Creek (First appearance)
- Hotel Madeline (First appearance)
- The Donnelly Ranch (First appearance)
- Widow's Point (First appearance)
- Phoenix (Mentioned)
- Jefferson Hotel (Mentioned)
- Clearwater (First appearance)
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Mentioned)
- Arizona
- Mexico (Only in flashback)
- United States of America
Events:
- Mexican Revolution (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Ballad of Deadman Donnelly"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
For Marvel’s 80th anniversary we’ve set our sights on bringing some old titles back into the herd, and we’ve brought in Stray Bullets” David & Maria Lapham for a bullet-riddled saga of violence, vengeance and Western justice. In the days of the Old West there were plenty of fearsome folk... cowboys, rustlers, lawmen and outlaws…but few were as fearsome as THE GUNHAWKS!