Billy the Kid #14

Nov 1958 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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Billy the Kid encounters Frisco Jawn and Minzer at a hotel, where they have made a bet that Billy cannot escape or best them within two days. Billy leaves town to avoid immediate confrontation, but later returns and faces off against the outlaws and their gang. After a tense standoff where guns are dropped, Billy defeats his opponents in hand-to-hand combat and emerges victorious, with the outlaws eventually locked up. The issue also includes a text feature titled "Mine Menaces" detailing historical mining accidents on the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

Contains 5 stories

No Limit Game

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid takes on a crooked gambling boss named Ace Bixy, whose rigged tables and armed thugs have been fleecing honest players for years. When Billy and his friend Happy Jack Ross are robbed after catching Bixy red-handed cheating, Billy concocts a clever scheme to reclaim their money and shut down the operation for good. A high-stakes poker hand becomes the turning point in this tale of frontier justice from the pages of Billy the Kid #14.

Gentleman's Wager!

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Billy the Kid

A tough stranger named Frisco Jawn arrives in town with a proposition: he'll take on Billy the Kid in a wager, betting he can defeat him within three days by any means necessary. When the showdown comes, Billy discovers his opponent has more than just fists up his sleeve, and the real game is far more cunning than a simple fight.

Quiet Town

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Billy the Kid

When businessmen recruit Billy the Kid to keep Rocky Bend peaceful while they court a potential investor, the Kid agrees to stay out of trouble—but staying quiet proves harder than keeping the peace. As crooked gamblers and hard cases test his resolve, Billy discovers that William Clymer and his wife Martha are far more capable of handling themselves than anyone expected, forcing the outlaw to reconsider what "peaceful" really means in a town full of ambition and danger.

The Hero Maker

4 pp · Western-Frontier

Billy the Kid

When Mary Jane's fiancé—a Kansas City newcomer named Donald—arrives in town unprepared for the rough ways of frontier gunhawks, Billy the Kid sees a friend in need of a backbone. Rather than fight Donald's battles himself, Billy teaches the tenderfoot just enough about handling a pistol to stand his ground and face down the bully Abe Loftus on his own terms. It's a lesson in confidence that changes everything for the young man's place in town.

Deadly Victim!

6 pp · Western-Frontier

A tenderfoot named Henry Trabo arrives in gold country with a fortune in dust and a dangerous naïveté, catching the eye of every claim-jumper within a hundred miles—but when ruthless men like Butcher Breen and the notorious Link Ross make their moves, they discover their "easy mark" is far more than he appears. Trabo's got his own reasons for being in these rough camps, and a score to settle that runs deeper than gold.