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3''Sherwood, Texas'' is a comic book written by Shane Berryhill, with art by Daniel Hillyard, published by 12-Gauge Comics.
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5After the same biker gang who murdered his father leaves Rob Hood for dead, he returns to seek revenge on an epic, blood-soaked scale. Hood is joined on his quest by Padre Elvin Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Little John, as they take on the crooked Sheriff of Nottingham, TX and his partners in crime, The Nobles biker gang and their leader John Prince.
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7Combining biker gang stories with Spaghetti Western sensibilities, ''Sherwood, Texas'' retells the legend of Myth/RobinHood as a modern day, noir-action story.
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10!!''Sherwood, Texas'' contains examples of:
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12* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Nobles are an outlaw biker gang engaged in human trafficking, drug smuggling and all kinds of criminal activity. They are opposed by the Jesters who are more heroic, but still outlaws.
13* BadassBiker: Rob and the Jesters.
14* BadassPreacher: Padre Tuck
15* BeardnessProtectionProgram: Rob Hood grows a beard as part of his disguise when he adopts the identity of Loxley.
16* BuriedAlive: In #1, Rob Hood is shot, tossed into an old copper mine and LeftForDead. Gisburn tosses in a stick of dynamite; collapsing the mine and burying Rob's body. He comes back.
17* CigarFuseLighting: Gisburn uses a cigarette to light the fuse on the dynamite he uses to bury Rob Hood in the old copper mine in #1.
18* DatingCatwoman: Rob is romantically involved with Maria, the daughter of the Sheriff.
19* DirtyCop: The Sheriff of Nottingham is in the pocket of the local gangs.
20* FrameUp: Rob and the Jesters frame Gisburn so that the Nobles think that he is TheMole who is betraying their operations.
21* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Rob is a decorated Navy veteran who takes over running the Jesters outlaw motorcycle gang when his father is murdered.
22* HorsebackHeroism: In #5, Loxley escapes an ambush in the stables and emerges on a charging horse; riding over one of the Nobles as he charges off to rescue Maria.
23* LastDisrespects: The Nobles crash the funeral of Richard Hood (who they murdered) and attempt to start a fight with the Jesters. A rumble is only prevented by the arrival of the sheriff.
24* LeftForDead: Rob Hood is shot, dumped in an abandoned mine and has the mine collapsed on top of him. He comes back.
25* MasterArcher: Rob is an expert with both longbow and crossbow.
26* MoeGreeneSpecial: In #5, Loxley is hiding in the stables. When a Noble opens the stall, Loxley nails him through the eye with an arrow.
27* TheMole: Rob and the Jesters plant Much as a mole inside the Nobles biker gang.
28* MotorcycleJousting: This one of the events held during 'Bike Week' in #2. Rob poses as Much to win the contest so Much will be accepted into the Nobles gang.
29* NewOldWest
30* ThePlace
31* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The plot involves Rob's plan to take revenge on the Nobles for killing his father and then ambushing him and leaving him for dead.
32* SettingUpdate: Of Myth/RobinHood
33* SexSlave: One of the Nobles illegal operations is supplying sex slaves to the brothel run by John Prince's sister.
34* TheSheriff: One of the main bad guys is the Sheriff of Nottingham County: a DirtyCop and SmallTownTyrant who is in league with the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels outlaw motorcycle gang]] the Nobles.
35* SlippingAMickey: Maria does this to Gisburn to put him out of action so the Jesters can frame him for their plan in #3.
36* YouKilledMyFather: Rob Hood's RoaringRampageOfRevenge is kicked off when he returns from a stint in the navy to find that his father has been murdered by John Prince, leader of the Nobles motorcycle gang.
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