Billy the Kid #11

Billy the Kid rides into town with a hunch about Grouch Grierson, a seemingly ornery rancher who's really running a stage-robbery operation from his spread. When Grierson frames an ex-hand to keep him from talking and tries to force the Kid out of town before he can piece together the truth, Billy realizes that Grierson's pocket watch belonged to a murdered stage driver—and that this hunt just became personal.

Billy the Kid rolls into a new town and quickly runs afoul of Atlas Smith, a wealthy tyrant backed by three brutal hired guns, when he stands up for the common folk being pushed around. After a tense encounter at the local barbershop and saloon, the Kid must face down Smith's entire operation to settle an old debt—one that could change the balance of power in the territory.

Billy the Kid arrives at Mrs. Wallace's boarding house in Brimstone looking for a meal, only to cross paths with Joe Boylan and his gang—the very trouble he's trying to avoid. When Mrs. Wallace discovers the outlaw's presence, she takes him under her wing with a firm hand, determined to keep the fastest gun in the Southwest out of gunfights, even if it means scolding him like a mother. But Boylan won't let Billy slip away so easily, and his scheme to ambush the reformed gunslinger tests whether the Kid can truly stay out of a fight.

Hurd Fallon, a solitary mountain trapper with a year's worth of prime beaver pelts and an amiable nature, arrives in town ready to enjoy himself—only to catch the eye of the scheming Snap Kagey and his muscle-bound accomplice Turk, who see a fortune just waiting to be taken. When the con becomes a robbery, Fallon finds unexpected allies in the local law and discovers that sometimes a strong arm and sharper wits are all you need to clean house in a crooked town.

When a shot rings out after midnight, Billy the Kid and an old ally find themselves drawn into a fierce gunfight on the town's main street against a ruthless gang. With bullets flying and the odds stacked high, the two must stand together as they once did to face down the men who've set their ambush—a nine-page western showdown from 1958 that proves some partnerships never fade.

When Pete Burton, a trapper, hears from his Apache friend Senawa that Morning Star Mountain is haunted by an evil spirit—a war-painted brave dancing in flames—he doesn't believe in curses, only in finding answers. What Burton discovers atop the mountain is far more earthly than ghostly: a scheme to frighten the Apache away from their ancestral home so white prospectors can plunder the gold beneath it. Burton must outthink the miners and their accomplice, the renegade Apache Two Bottle John, to help Senawa's band reclaim what's rightfully theirs.

Billy the Kid tracks down a stolen golden bell—a cherished relic of a frontier mission believed to cure illness and evil—after the outlaw Gar Torkel and his gang make off with it to melt down for its gold. Racing to the lawless settlement of Bushwhack City, Billy faces off against Torkel and his men in a tense standoff filled with gunplay and quick thinking. It's a race against time to recover the sacred bell and restore it to those who treasure it most.

Marshal Dave Ashley arrives in Washoe with a reputation for keeping the peace without guns—until the dangerous Curry Brothers ride into town with robbery on their minds. When the outlaws make their move on the bank, Ashley steps up to face them despite his pacifist ways, and the townspeople discover their mild-mannered lawman is far more than he seems. This 1958 frontier tale reveals that sometimes the quietest marshal has the fastest draw.

When U.S. Marshal Al Bedloe escorts his prisoner Durkee into Kehoe's town, a cunning outlaw leader sees an opportunity to spring the man and recruit him for his gang—but Durkee has his own agenda simmering beneath the surface. "Tailor-Made Bad Man" is a tense cat-and-mouse game set in a heavily fortified hideout, where trust is a luxury no outlaw can afford, and a single signal fire could change everything.

Billy the Kid races against the clock on a breakneck ride to town, pushing his horse to its limits and swapping mounts along the way to make an important appointment. Though a couple of enemies try to waylay him during the journey, nothing can slow his determination to arrive on time—and he's got a charming reason for all that effort waiting for him in town.

When a young Billy the Kid works the railroad depot, his baby-faced appearance masks a cold nerve that catches the attention of outlaw Bull Grady and his partner Pecos—who plan to rob a money shipment right under his nose. As the heist unfolds on the train itself, Billy discovers that his steady hand and unwavering resolve are more than a match for Grady's trigger finger, turning the tables on the thieves in a tense pursuit that proves the boy is already becoming a force to reckon with.