Outlaws of the West #51
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue is an anthology featuring two Western stories. "The Wild Bunch" depicts Butch Cassidy, Blackjack Ketchum, and Kid Curry planning and executing a bank robbery at Brownsville, where they face off against lawmen and discuss their motivations for crime rooted in grievances against society. "Thunder Canyon" follows young Nick Reed, who brings two mustangs to meet his brother at a shack in Big Canyon, only to become embroiled in a confrontation involving Sheriff Dan Lund, outlaw Pete Reddin, and a woman named Luanne, with the story involving stolen money and complex loyalties between the characters.
When a cavalry wagon carrying Army gold is ambushed by outlaws led by Tingo, Captain Jeremiah L. Spooner is left for dead—but survives to orchestrate an elaborate trap. With his wife Mary's help and his soldiers, Spooner stages an elaborate deception to keep watch over the hidden strongbox and catch the criminals when they return. As greed and suspicion fracture the gang of thieves, Spooner closes in on his quarry in this tense frontier showdown from 1964.
A settler claims his government land grant on the great plains, using his plow to turn the ancient prairie sod while simultaneously harvesting the turf itself—transforming it into the very walls of his frontier home. "The Sodbuster" captures the ingenuity and harsh trade-offs of homesteading life, where one man's determination to till the earth and build shelter from it tells the real story of how the American West was settled.
Young Nick Reed finds himself caught between loyalty to his outlaw brother Biggo and doing right by the law when Sol Potter's relatives come looking for stolen cash hidden near their homestead. Pressured from both sides, Nick must decide whether to help the criminals or stand firm—and when violence comes calling, he discovers he's tougher than he thought. A western tale about a boy learning which side of the fence he belongs on.
Five desperate outlaws holed up in Mexico—broke and wanted across the American West—seize on a stranger's plan to rob a wealthy rancher's vault for $100,000. When Pete Reddin arrives with insider knowledge and details so perfect they can't refuse, the gang prepares to ride north for what promises to be easy money. Everything goes exactly as planned...until they find themselves trapped, and the truth about Reddin's real motives comes to light.
A diamondback rattler strikes out in the frontier, and a cowboy named Ed takes a venomous fang to the leg—but he knows something his panicked companion Jack doesn't: staying calm and following the right first aid is the real difference between life and death in the West. This educational tale reveals the surprising truth about rattlesnake venom and why a steady head beats a wild ride to town.
Desperate times drive a man to robbery when Reb Perry holds up the Rounsville Bank to pay for his wife Luanne's medical care—but his theft sets off a chain of impossible choices that neither of them can escape. When the sheriff comes calling, Luanne must decide how far she'll go to protect the man she loves, even if it means defying the law herself. A tale of love, loyalty, and the price of survival in a harsh frontier town.
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