Jesse James #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue is an anthology containing two Western stories. "Butch Cassidy" follows the outlaw and the Sundance Kid as they seek recognition after becoming famous across the western ranges and into South America, eventually clashing with Spanish cattle kings before meeting their end. A second story involves Sheriff Tom Wilson investigating an Indian guide's killing with the help of Joe Flagg and Bruckner, uncovering a lost Spanish gold mine in Superstition Canyon that has claimed the lives of outlaws and is said to be guarded by the spirit of an old Spaniard. The final story features a man named Cactus Kent being captured and held prisoner, leading to a tense standoff in town where vigilantes threaten to lynch him before the situation is resolved.
Fleeing to California to escape the Pinkerton detectives, Jesse James finds himself drawn into the dangerous underworld of San Francisco's Barbary Coast, where a beautiful gambler named Fran Wilson becomes caught between his growing affection and the schemes of a ruthless crime boss. When Fran becomes a pawn in a trap meant for Jesse, he must confront the killers who've set their sights on both her and a gold mine in the remote mountains. Betrayal, gunfire, and a race against time set the stage for a reckoning on the streets of Americus.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid flee their notoriety in the American West by striking out for Argentina, where they plan to settle into a quiet ranching life—but their trail of forged notes and violent robberies eventually catches up with them, drawing both law enforcement and local authorities to their doorstep. As authorities close in across South America, the pair must stay one step ahead while the net tightens around them.
When a mining engineer strikes close to the legendary Superstition Mine in Superstition Canyon, someone starts killing to keep its location secret—and Sheriff Tom Wilson arrives to hunt down a ruthless bushwhacker. With a deadly ambush, a mysterious old mining pick, and a canyon full of dangers both man-made and natural, Wilson must outwit a cunning killer before he claims another victim.
When a young rancher named Flip Carson is mistaken for the outlaw Cactus Kent in the town of Sunset, he finds himself facing a lynch mob convinced he's a murderer—despite his desperate protests of innocence. With a noose hanging over his head and no one believing his story, Flip must find a way to prove who he really is before the angry crowd takes justice into their own hands. It's a tense race against time in "Death's Double Doom," where a case of mistaken identity could cost an innocent man his life.
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↩ Reprints Custer's Last Fight #[nn] (1950), Butch Cassidy #1 (1951), Jesse James #3 (1951)
Reprinted in Jesse James #4 (1955), Sheriff Klassiker #913 (1964)
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