Black Fury #20

When a rockslide traps Black Fury's young colt against a hillside, the stallion realizes he needs human hands to free his son—and finds an unlikely rescuer in a lonely boy grieving the loss of his own horse. As Black Fury guides the boy to the trapped colt and watches them bond, the wild stallion faces an act of sacrifice that speaks to something deeper than instinct.

When a ruthless rancher hires a drifter to poison the hidden desert spring that sustains Black Fury and his wild band—all to reclaim stolen mares—the stallion's own code of loyalty puts him in deadly conflict with a man determined to destroy him. As the desert itself becomes both weapon and judge, the rancher discovers that Black Fury's fierce devotion to his kind may teach him a hard lesson about the price of his own ruthlessness.

A sickly young man finds solace watching Black Fury, the magnificent black horse of the San Saba range, and when drought threatens the valley, their tentative bond deepens as the man offers the horse water from his creek. When a ruthless rancher named Finch demands he sell his land and resorts to violence, Black Fury—moved by loyalty to his new friend—steps in to protect him, and through their growing partnership, something extraordinary unfolds between man and horse.

Rory Wessel has made a habit of bullying smaller men in every town he visits—until he picks a fight with a stranger whose gun tells a story that changes everything. This frontier tale packs a sharp lesson about judging by appearances in just two pages.

Black Fury, a magnificent stallion hunted relentlessly by Apaches, collapses from thirst in the desert—only to be rescued by Juan Miranda, a kind grape grower who shelters him and nurses him back to strength. When the renegade Apache sub-chief Centoa comes searching for the prized horse, Juan risks everything to protect his new friend, but the arrival of the Apache chief Cochise forces both man and horse toward an unexpected parting.