When Whirlybirds Call

Five-Gun Charles DeCrabbe comes swaggering into Featherton, a professional exterminator with a reputation for impossible jobs and a grin that says he expects this one to be easy. The city's nightmare is a flock of monstrous "whirlybirds" that whip through the streets in a blur of feathers, dust, and gale-force air, leaving wreckage, panic, and impossible cleanup in their wake. DeCrabbe answers the mayor's warnings with confidence and a pile of futuristic weaponry, but his first assault proves the birds are far tougher than they look. Needles, gas, flashburns, and explosives all fail against the creatures' bizarre resilience, and the townspeople can only watch as each attempt ends in more chaos. Refusing to back down, DeCrabbe keeps refining his strategy until he discovers the whirlybirds' hidden weakness: stun gas can slow them, and only a point-blank strike near the eyes and beak will finish the job. In a daring final gambit, he rides one back to its lair and returns as Featherton's unlikely hero, having beaten a seemingly invincible menace through nerve, timing, and ingenuity. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.