Frontier Western #5

In "Luke Barker He Was Bad Clean Thru!" from Frontier Western #5 (1956), a man wronged by a dishonest merchant returns from jail to find his mother gone and the man who wronged him dead. Left with nothing but a burning sense of injustice, Luke must confront a world that has turned its back on him—until a desperate act of cunning gives him a chance to prove his worth.

In "To the Last Man," a relentless army lieutenant rides hard to bring the Barstow Gang to justice, tracking them through the lawless frontier to their final refuge. With grit and determination, he confronts the remnants of the gang, determined to see that order is restored—no matter the cost.

In "A Man With a Gun," Matt Andrews builds a life from scratch in the frontier, carving out a farm and raising a family amid the harsh realities of the wild West. As his settlement grows and peace begins to take root, Matt feels the pull of the untamed beyond—leading him to pack up and journey deeper into the unknown with his wife and remaining son.

In "Shooting Match!" from Frontier Western #5 (1956), retired sheriff Bart Taylor settles into the hills after two decades in Dade County—only to find his past stirring when the ambitious Yeager moves in to claim control of the town. Fueled by legend and a need to prove himself, Yeager challenges the old sheriff to a final showdown, testing a reputation that’s lasted longer than the frontier itself.