Black Diamond Western #50

Apr 1954 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD

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An anthology issue containing three feature-length thriller stories starring Black Diamond and Buck Roper with Red Fire. The first story involves a scheme using the marriage bureau where a man named Esther Brown uses it to lure couples to a ranch, stealing their money and valuables; Black Diamond discovers the racket and stops the criminals. The second story, "Rustler's Proof," follows Jeff, a college-educated rancher's son who uses logic and detective work rather than violence to prove that a neighbor is stealing cattle by examining the evidence and writing a letter to authorities. The third story involves a murderous plot where a man plans to frame someone for a shooting death, but Red Fire uncovers the conspiracy and brings the culprit to justice.

Contains 4 stories

Rendezvous with Death

9 pp · Western-Frontier

The Black Diamond thinks he's earned a peaceful rest after capturing outlaw Garrick, but when he visits his friend Jim Tyland's ranch in Leadville, he discovers Jim has been murdered and a woman named Rita Laroy has disappeared with his money. On the trail of the fugitive, the Black Diamond intercepts outlaws carrying Jim's valise—but the truth behind the theft and the woman's escape proves far more tangled than a simple robbery.

Gambler's Chance

7.67 pp · Western-Frontier

When gamblers infiltrate a rodeo and place heavy bets on an underdog competitor, they decide the only way to guarantee their winnings is to kidnap the defending champion—but they snatch the wrong man in the chaos. Buck Roper finds himself held captive at a remote cabin, forced to outwit his captors and race back to the arena before the real threat to the competition can make a deadly move.

Dodge City, the Wildest Town in the West

3.5 pp · Western-Frontier

Dodge City, Kansas erupts into violence as rival buffalo hunters and cowboys wage a brutal feud in the years following the town's 1872 founding, forcing the Ford County Commissioners to recruit a marshal willing to enforce order with a fast gun. Follow the succession of gunfighters who took on the job—from Jack Bridges to the legendary lawmen who followed—as they battled to tame the wildest town in the West.

Ambush

8.67 pp

Red Fire suspects the raids on the stage run to Dead Creek aren't Indian attacks at all—and when he investigates the ambush site, someone tries to silence him. Racing against the cavalry's arrival, Red Fire must prove who's really behind the killings before innocent people pay the price for a crime they didn't commit.