''Apache Skies'' is a four-issue

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, published in 2002 by

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as a part of that company's

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imprint. The series was written by

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and drawn by

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. The series was a

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to 2000s '' Blaze of Glory''.

Plot summary

After the death of the

Apache Kid Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl ( 1860 – 1890 or November 11, 1900 or September 4, 1907 / ), better known as the Apache Kid, was born in Aravaipa Canyon, 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Carlos Agency, into one of the three local groups of the Ara ...

, the

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joins forces with the new Apache Kid to find the killer.

Collected editions

It was published in a collected trade paperback as ''Apache Skies'' () in 2002.

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References

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