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Everhard, Don. Don Everhard was created by Gordon Young (Red Clark, Hurricane Williams) and appeared in twenty-seven stories in Adventure (U.S.) from 1917 to 1937, beginning with “A Royal Flush of Hearts” (Adventure (U.S.), Feb. 1917).

Don Everhard, whose real name is “McDonald Richmond,” is a professional gambler and amateur justice-dealer. Although his job is being a card-shark and preying on other professional gamblers, he keeps getting involved in helping others or, more often, settling accounts. If the choice is between mercy and justice, Everhard chooses justice every time. He's a cold man, always calm (even when under fire), always rational, invulnerable to the wiles of women, and extremely experienced in the ways of criminals and violence. He has a reputation for being very violent, "the most famous gunman in the country," and of having "killed more men than any other fellow in America--and is proud of it." He is not a murderer, however. He kills in self-defense or when the target is guilty and deserving of execution.

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