Cheyenne Kid #50

When the Cheyenne Kid arrives in Clint Rock for a festive herd day celebration, he stumbles onto a bank robbery—and uses sharp thinking and a keen hunch to track down the masked thieves hiding right under the town's nose. With quick guns and steady nerves, the Kid confronts the outlaws in their hideout and faces down a dangerous standoff that will determine whether justice prevails in Clint Rock.

When Nez Perce warriors riding distinctive spotted Appaloosa horses carried a flag of truce down Whitebird Canyon in Idaho in 1887, a trooper's gunshot shattered the peace and ignited a conflict that would test both sides for four months. Though vastly outnumbered against the U.S. Army's finest tacticians, the Nez Perce found their greatest advantage in their mounts—sure-footed, swift breed horses perfectly suited to the rocky mountain terrain where they sought refuge. This story traces how the Appaloosa, a horse strain with roots stretching back thousands of years through ancient Persia, China, and Spanish conquest, became the legendary war horse of Chief Joseph's tribe.

When a wagon train comes under siege by renegade Apache warriors, the Cheyenne Kid arrives just in time to help Captain Davis and his desperate travelers hold their ground. As the attacks intensify through the day, the Kid devises a daring plan involving kerosene and fire to turn the tide before dawn breaks—but executing it means venturing directly into the line of attack. With the fate of every man, woman, and child hanging in the balance, the Cheyenne Kid must see his strategy through to save the train.

When a cowherd named Deuce makes the mistake of complaining about the meal, he tangles with Nasty Nate, the ranch's notoriously ornery camp cook—a man whose temperament has been tested to its limit by a day of disasters, from ornery steers kicking dirt into the stew to beetles crawling through the beans. Caught between a cook at the end of his rope and a cowhand with a loose tongue, this frontier kitchen showdown proves that some lessons are learned the hard way.

When the Cheyenne Kid stops off in Dayton Falls for a rest, he stumbles into a town ruled by fear—the Savage Brothers, a trio of brutal killers who've terrorized the townspeople into submission. After stepping in to help a young man being whipped by one of the brothers, the Kid finds himself facing down all three Savages in a showdown that will test whether one gunslinger can stand against impossible odds.

A sheepherder faces off against a cunning mountain lion that's been preying on his flock in "The Ghost of the Hills." When the big cat proves too bold to ignore, the herder sets a trap, knowing these crafty predators are watching his every move—and he's ready to settle the score once and for all.