Silver Kid Western #2

The Silver Kid and Hondo trail a mysterious Apache brave across the Arizona Territory, only to uncover a corrupt scheme by Indian Agent Jake and his assistant Sitko—who are supplying rifles to Black Eagle, the resentful son of Geronimo, to provoke a raid on an Army payroll wagon train and pocket the gold themselves. After a tense escape from the reservation, the two lawmen race to intercept the shipment of guns and prevent the uprising that could ignite a new Indian War.

When an army contract worth millions goes to the rancher who reaches Fort Jason first, Sauer makes a desperate gamble—driving his herd across unwatered badlands and discovering a hidden water hole that saves the day. But his ruthless rival Pierce follows the same trail, forcing Sauer to make a darker choice: poisoning the water to stop his competition cold. In "Stampede," from Silver Kid Western #2, a man's greed and cruelty set forces in motion that he can no longer control.

Consumed by jealousy of his tribe's favored hunter, Standing Turtle strikes down Running Deer in a brutal confrontation—but his act of treachery forces him to flee when the rest of the hunting party draws near. As he desperately races toward the mountains to escape the vengeance that pursues him, Standing Turtle's cowardice drives him to commit increasingly desperate deeds, all while the Great Spirit watches the fate of a man who believed he could outrun his own treachery.