Black Fury #16

Nov 1958 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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Black Fury, a wild stallion, detects water in a scorched landscape and alerts a pack of thirst-crazed wolves to its location, but when he moves to track down the source at a rise, he discovers a thundering herd of cattle and hears cries for help. Meanwhile, an old man named Pedro Velasquez rescues a drowning colt from the water, spurring his burro to save the young animal; Black Fury arrives to witness the colt's distress and attempts to aid it, but the panicked colt flounders in the steep bank and falls heavily. The issue also includes a text story, "Calf Keeper," about Dave Winslow encountering a young woman named Ruth Connelly who seeks to gather and protect stray calves on the Lazy-Q Ranch, challenging the foreman's indifference toward the welfare of abandoned livestock.

Contains 5 stories

Evil Allies

5 pp · Western-Frontier

When a renegade grizzly and a cunning lobo wolf form a deadly partnership to hunt Black Fury's herd, the stallion must act fast to protect his vulnerable young. As the predators close in on a wandering colt, Black Fury charges into battle against impossible odds to drive them from his range for good.

Fatal Rendezvous!

5 pp · Western-Frontier

During a brutal drought, the scheming Jeff Durkin makes his way to a secret meeting where he plans to trade rifles to a tribe of Native Americans for a fortune—but a stampeding buffalo herd throws his plans into chaos. When the wild stallion Black Fury rescues Durkin from the thundering animals, the man's selfishness and greed prove far more dangerous than any natural disaster, setting off a chain of consequences that neither he nor anyone waiting for him could have foreseen.

The Men Who Believed They Were Horses

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Two brothers from the Papago tribe of Tecolote abandon their village to run wild with mustangs, living as horses themselves and mysteriously accepted by the herds—until one is caught by a vaquero and the other eventually returns to reclaim his human life. "The Men Who Believed They Were Horses" traces their extraordinary legend across the border desert, where the line between man and animal becomes impossibly blurred. This strange true tale captures the price of freedom and the mystery of what calls some souls back home.

The Canyon of the Little Horses

5 pp · Western-Frontier

The Son of Black Fury

5 pp · Western-Frontier

When Black Fury senses his young colt wandering toward quicksand, the wild stallion desperately tries to save his herd—but the frightened foal slips and breaks his foreleg on the riverbank. Old Pedro Velasquez, a humble man who's always dreamed of owning a horse, rescues and nurses the injured colt back to health through weeks of careful care. As the colt grows strong again, Black Fury must choose between reclaiming his favorite son or honoring the bond of gratitude that has formed between the old man and the young horse.