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Fifth Quarter, The

First published: 1972

The story follows "Jerry Tarkanian", a crook looking to avenge the death of his friend Barney, who died at the hands of his own accomplices after taking part in an armored car heist. Unknown to them, Barney managed to get to Tarkanian before he died and told him of the heist and of the map divided amongst his killers that reveals the location of the stolen money.

Tarkanian has tracked down two of the men, Keenan and Sarge, who are about to make a deal between themselves and manages to hold them at gun-point, forcing them to give him their sections of the map. However, things go wrong when the third man, Jagger, appears during the confrontation and attacks them both, in the firefight that follows Sarge is killed, but contributes to Jagger's downfall when his body obstructs his path, letting Tarkanian get the advantage and finish him.

Despite not having Jagger's part of the map, he now has enough to recover the money. The story ends with Tarkanian leaving the scene, knowing that in the aftermath of this shootout that his debt to his friend has been paid and he himself now has a lot to be grateful for.



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