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And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethey're just two of the folks you'll meet in Castor County, Alabama, home of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoss BBQ, the state champion Runnin' Rebs and more bastards than you've ever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eseen!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"What \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edoes old Earl Tubb do when he returns home to Craw County, Alabama, only to find \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe place a veritable criminal fiefdom run by Euless Boss, the local high school \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efootball coach? Why, pick up the stick helpfully cleaved by lightning from a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etree growing out of his daddy's grave and start meting out justice just like his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efather, the old sheriff, did. In the cleaning-up-the-dirty-old-town \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSouthern-fried pulper, writer Aaron (Scalped) and artist Jason Latour (Django \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnchained) spread around no more story than is absolutely necessary, and most of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit involves people being at the wrong end of a stick, baseball bat, or even (in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ean early fight scene) a deep-fryer basket. 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