Dead-Eye Western Comics #12

Red Rancy is a corrupt Indian agent with hair as fiery as his reputation—he's willing to betray anyone, Apache or cavalry alike, for profit. When Major Baker learns that Rancy's treachery led to unnecessary bloodshed and requests his dismissal, the Apaches decide to seek their own justice, with the warrior Sunoka tasked with claiming the red-haired agent's scalp. Cornered and desperate, Rancy attempts a final deception using a yellow feather as a charm to save his own life—but the Apaches aren't so easily fooled.

A young plumber named Aaron Ross witnesses Wells Fargo's struggles against the notorious Shasta Kid, a bandit who's been raiding treasure shipments with ease—and he believes he has a solution. When Mr. Valentine of Wells Fargo gives Ross a chance to prove his unconventional defense system aboard the Sacramento Express, the Kid's gang strikes that very night, forcing Ross to improvise and fight for his life against relentless assault. As explosions, ramming cars, and fire threaten to overwhelm him, Ross must hold out long enough for help to arrive.

Lt. Harrigan survives an ambush by Blackfoot warriors who seize the cavalry's new Gatling guns, arriving battered at Fort Lincoln with a grim report. When Col. Prescott orders him to fetch ammunition using fast horses, Harrigan devises an unconventional plan to reclaim the weapons from the Indians—one that trades traditional cavalry tactics for a bold improvisation.

Private Johnny Nevin of the Fifth Infantry is a crack shot and natural fighter—so naturally cocky about it that even his superiors can't stand him. When the unit ships out west to cavalry duty in Dakota Territory, Nevin eagerly trades one battlefield for another, convinced his war experience makes him unstoppable against any foe. But Sergeant Swanson, who's seen real frontier combat, watches with quiet concern as Nevin's bravado meets a threat he doesn't yet understand.

Doc Jackson races to answer an urgent call for help, only to be waylaid by an outlaw named Luke who needs the physician's skills to treat his wounded partner—but the crafty doctor has other plans in mind. With a sick animal waiting at Bandy O'Leary's ranch, Doc Jackson must outwit his captor and see that both patients get the care they need in this clever frontier tale from Dead-Eye Western Comics #12.

When Colonel Suvaroff, a ruthless former Cossack serving as Mexico's Minister of Justice under President Díaz, executes a poor servant for stealing food, he awakens the wrath of Don Miguel de Ribera—a wealthy landowner who vows revenge. Don Miguel joins the revolutionists and becomes El Zorro, striking at Suvaroff across Mexico with cunning and daring, until the iron-fisted colonel begins to crack under the psychological strain. As Díaz flees and the rebels close in, Suvaroff's true nature is finally laid bare in a confrontation that reveals the coward beneath the tyrant's mask.