Six-Gun Heroes #20

Lash LaRue, a roving marshal, is called to Carson Gulch to investigate a string of mysterious deaths—seven in two weeks—that townspeople blame on a vampire. With fang marks on victims' necks and all their blood drained, the evidence points to something supernatural, especially when a dead hand at the heavily fenced Bar Z Ranch shows signs no ordinary wolf could have crossed the barriers. Suspicion falls on the local undertaker, but when Lash and the undertaker's night assistant discover the truth in a hidden cellar beneath the funeral parlor, they find the case is far from solved.

Chief Marshal Rocky Lane faces off against gunman Badger Muldoon, who's sworn vengeance for the lawman's arrest of Badger's brother, Buff. When Rocky's mercy backfires in a treacherous ambush, he devises a clever trap—allowing Buff to escape prison so the brothers will lead him straight to their hideout. It's a showdown between justice and the fierce bond of brotherly loyalty in this hard-hitting western tale.

When a mob in Danville takes the law into their own hands against Jose, Monte Hale steps in to deliver the man to the sheriff—only to discover that prejudice, not justice, is driving the town's fury. Determined to teach Bob Kinsey and his hot-headed friends a lesson about fairness, Monte sets a plan in motion that forces them to confront the cruelty they've inflicted on an innocent man.

When Tom Mix hears gunshots near his ranch, he heads out to investigate—only to find himself caught in the crossfire between Sheriff Mike Shaw and a ruthless highwayman named Joe, who's been hired to steal gold nuggets meant for the assay office. As mistaken identities and violent misunderstandings pile up, Tom gets knocked cold and becomes a pawn in a scheme he knows nothing about, putting him directly in the path of criminals who won't hesitate to silence him. With the Sheriff searching for both the gold and his missing friend, Tom's caught "marked for murder" with no way to prove his innocence.