Comic Title: Western Comics #84
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1960
On Sale Date: September 6, 1960 Copyright Date September 6, 1960
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1960

Newsstand Date September 6, 1960
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V15 #8

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Gun-Trap on Signal Hill"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Matt Savage Trail Boss

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Super DC Giant S-14 (1970)

Feature Character(s)

• Matt Savage (last appearance in Western Comics #83; next appearance in Western Comics #85)

Supporting Character(s)

• Clay Dixon and Jim Grant (last appearance in Western Comics #81; no further appearances)
• Luther Jones (last appearance in Western Comics #83; next appearance in Western Comics #85)
• Manuel Ortega and Abe Wilson (last appearance in Western Comics #81; no further appearances)
• Red (last appearance in Western Comics #82; no further appearances)
• Biscuits Baker (last appearance in Western Comics #83; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Hub Madden (a trail boss; no further appearances)
• Jed Bowman (a ranch foreman; no further appearances)
• Several of Bowmen's men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John Freely and Rita (a rancher and his daughter; no further appearances)
• Billy Armstrong (a cowhand; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Matt Savage helps another trail boss, Hub Madden, rescue his cattle from a stream. The owner of the cattle, rancher John Freely, invites Matt to a party, while his men go into town. Word reaches Matt that his men have gotten into a fight. Lute, Jim, and Clay are all put in jail after they caught some of Freely's men cheating at cards.

Matt returns to camp with Billy Armstrong, a young cowhand who loves Freely's daughter. They learn that Red and Abe were attacked while on watch. Matt follows the attackers tracks which leads to a trap. Matt survives and captures Hub Madden and Freely's foreman Jed Bowman. The pair had planned to kill Matt and steal his herd. Matt takes them back to town, earning Freely's thanks once again. His men are then released from jail and allowed to return to the trail.