Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine #29

An aging cattleman named Mark Cragg hires Billy the Kid as a bodyguard after the outlaw saves him from a stampede, but the Kid soon discovers Cragg's ruthless plan to drive neighboring farmers—the Paytons—off their land. When Cragg orders hired guns to provoke a fatal confrontation, Billy the Kid must decide whether to honor his contract or his conscience in this story about greed and the price of a man's word.

When a struggling ranch hand named Tom Prewitt stumbles upon a warning note meant for Billy the Kid's enemies, he sees a chance to prove himself to the men who've mocked him—by saving the outlaw's life from an assassination plot. As Billy rides into town, Tom finds himself caught in a sudden moment of truth, forced to act when a hired gunman makes his deadly move. What Tom discovers in that split-second of violence may cost him far more than the respect he was chasing.

When a Pawnee warrior named Big Elk confronts the dishonest trader Luke Mennen over years of cheating his people, he's arrested by soldiers—but Billy the Kid suspects something doesn't add up. Discovering that Mennen has been using fake Army uniforms and soldiers to eliminate troublesome Native Americans, Billy sets out to expose the con man and clear Big Elk's name. This 1955 western tale pits the famous outlaw against a scheme built on deception and misused authority.

One dark night, the notorious bandit Jesse James stumbles hungry and exhausted to a lonely Missouri shack, where he encounters a widow facing losing her home to a ruthless mortgage collector. Moved by her desperate story, Jesse sets out to help her keep what's rightfully hers—though she has no idea who her mysterious benefactor really is.