Best of the West #5

In the dusty town of Gunhammer Gulch, The Durango Kid, known as Steve Brand, rides in to uncover a crooked scheme where a local banker, Jagger, uses hired guns to rob his own bank—driving ranchers into ruin so he can buy their land for pennies. With sharp eyes and a steady hand, Steve works to expose the fraud before the whole valley falls under Jagger’s control.

In "Manhunt!" from Best of the West #5, the Durango Kid races against time to stop Waring from destroying a Union Pacific trestle, knowing the next train’s arrival is the villain’s final, deadly opportunity. With the rails trembling beneath him and danger closing in, the Kid must outthink a man he’s faced before—before the tracks run out.

In "Dead Man's Boots," John Wayne takes on a chilling mystery when the R.C.M.P. enlists him to track down a missing Mountie who vanished while investigating a remote uranium mine in the Canadian wilderness. With only a trail of blood and a pair of worn boots left behind, Wayne must navigate the frozen frontier, where the cold doesn’t just bite—it remembers.

In the dusty frontier town of Bullet, Tim Holt is framed for the murder of his friend Jim French and must vanish before a mob claims his life. Taking up the mantle of the masked vigilante Redmask, he races to uncover the truth behind the crime—before the law, or vengeance, claims another.