Cowboy Western Comics #28

When murder and terror grip the mining town of Quartzville, state investigator Sunset Carson rides in to restore order—but the killers are determined to keep him away. As Carson battles his way into town alongside his sidekick Lucky, he uncovers a web of schemes involving a supposedly ailing rancher, a suspicious doctor, and a corrupt lawyer, all connected to a deadly campaign of bushwhacking and poison. With danger closing in from every side, Carson must untangle the conspiracy before Grandpa Jeffers and everyone else in town becomes another victim.

A straightforward educational feature explores how American Indians mastered hand gestures to communicate across distances and differences—a skill so refined that two signers could hold entire conversations through simple hand movements alone. This non-fiction piece showcases the sophistication of Indian Sign Language and its place among the world's communication methods.

A 102-year-old man named J. Frank Dalton claims to be the outlaw Jesse James, challenging the historical record that he was shot and killed by his cousin Bob Ford in 1892—and suggests the victim may have been gang member Charlie Bigelow instead. This non-fiction Western Wonder digs into the question: could one of the Old West's most notorious figures have lived on in secret?

Sunset Carson brings his young protégé Jed to the lawless Badlands to recover stolen horses from outlaw rustlers, only to find himself tangled between rival factions—a gang of thieves, honest settlers pushing for annexation to Texas, and the conflicted Bennet family who run the local trading post. When a wounded horse named Comanche becomes the center of tragedy and Jed goes on the run, Sunset must navigate treachery, redemption, and danger to see the territory finally brought under the rule of law. Based on Rita Ross's original screenplay, this 1950 western packs frontier justice, shifting loyalties, and the kind of high stakes that only a lawless territory could deliver.