Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox – Writer
Ross Andru, Carmine Infantino – Artist
Joe Giella – Inker

The Trigger Twins, normally a backup feature in All-Star Western would finally gain a title of their own, though it was only meant to be a one-shot as told in the editorial later on in the book. If sales had warranted it, it might have become an ongoing and as evidenced by this single issue, sales did not. That being said because it was by all accounts a try-out book, the stories featured within are merely reprints of earlier appearances with a tale of Pow-Wow Smith – Indian Lawman sandwiched in-between. The first by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru comes from All-Star Western #94 and finds Sheriff Walt Trigger wounded by a gunman’s bullet just before arresting him. Knowing that the man’s gang is going to come searching for him soon enough and being injured, he tags in his brother Wayne to take his place, the two being identical twins. While Wayne does his best, Walt is taken captive and used as a human shield but being twins and having a ton of guts between them, the two manage to take down the bad guys while setting a good example for the children in town. Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino then take the reins and give readers a story featuring Pow-Wow Smith and his deputy Hank with the former wondering why the latter is always picking up random objects after their various escapades. Are they just souvenirs or something else? As it moves along, Fox and Infantino finally show the reader just what was in store which then leads into another little mystery to close it all out. Finally in one last yarn by the same creative team of Kanigher and Andru, the Trigger Twins are both courting the same girl, or at least they are trying to. Crime, though, does not seem to care what they are doing, so Walt as the sheriff heads out with his brother to put down the latest misdeeds taking place and when they return, the object of their affection still has not decided. Finally, it takes one more deed before she will choose and so the two head out to stop a series of robberies and Kanigher manages to make it quite exciting with Andru’s help and when it is all said and done, provides a fun ending that perfectly suits the enjoyable nature of the story. The only negative to be found with all of these tales is the fact that combined, they would not lead to an ongoing series which could have been a little different from the other Western titles out at the time given the unique dynamic of the brothers. It also would have lent to new stories instead of reprints and quite possibly, an origin tale for the two not that they really needed one. Some things can just be accepted as fact – the two are brothers, one is a lawman, one is a shopkeeper and once in a blue moon, one sub in for the other when things get a little out of hand. A good book through and through.