Approved Comics #1

Billy Venero hears in an Arizona town that Apache raiders have killed three men and are heading toward the Cow Ranch—where his sweetheart Bess lives forty miles away in a remote valley. Ignoring his comrades' warnings that he's riding to his death, Billy sets out across the wilderness on horseback to reach the ranch and protect the people he loves, racing against time and danger.

John Slaughter, the fearless Arizona rancher who faced down the Apache leader Geronimo and his raiders, believed himself protected by supernatural intuition—a conviction borne out time and again as he navigated the violent frontier with a steady hand and an uncanny sense of danger. This non-fiction account chronicles how Slaughter's nerve and mysterious premonitions made him one of the Old West's most formidable figures, from his early days defending his land to his reputation as a man no bullet could touch.

When the notorious outlaw Reb Sutton and his gang terrorize the town of Armadillo Flats with unchecked rustling and robbery, Marshal Bob Hardie—known as the Hawk—arrives ready to restore order. But when Sutton learns a fortune in cattle money is hidden in Preston Chadwick's wall safe, the Hawk must navigate a web of suspicion and betrayal to stop the robbery and protect the town's future.

In 1884, promoter Eben Adams and his associate Spike execute a cunning scheme on the banks of Cripple Creek, planting gold dust in worthless land to spark a mining rush. What begins as a calculated con in the Colorado wilderness sets the stage for a tale of frontier ambition and deception.