Six-Gun Heroes #45

When Kit Carson and his partner are ambushed by Proud Wolf's war party, the ruthless warrior forces Kit into an impossible choice: help him infiltrate Fort Macomber and betray the soldiers inside, or watch his friend die. Kit appears to agree, laying out a cunning battle plan that will leave the garrison defenseless—but nothing is quite as it seems in this tale of frontier deception and loyalty tested to its breaking point.

Young Dave Manners arrives in Pottsville looking for work—and finds himself hired as a bodyguard by the scheming Lou Collins, who wants him to eliminate a rancher standing in the way of a land grab. But when Dave discovers that the rancher's daughter, Gail, is the same young woman he rescued from a runaway horse just hours before, his loyalties shift in unexpected ways. What started as a simple job for wages becomes a test of character when Dave learns the truth about Collins's plan.

Kit Carson and El Toro stumble onto a prospector's campfire in the foothills, only to find themselves lassoed by Molly Barton, a widow who's been fending off repeated raids from the outlaw Mort Tallon and his gang. As Molly reveals her troubles, Kit learns that Tallon believes she possesses something valuable hidden in her late husband's belongings—and he's determined to find it no matter the cost. With the prospector's safety hanging in the balance, Kit and El Toro prepare to confront Tallon and uncover the real reason behind his relentless pestering.

Pinto, a long-hunted outlaw, moves to steal a fortune in gold being transported in a specially built express wagon, but his score may not be what it appears to be. Sheriff Wade Lidell has set a careful trap that turns the heist itself into the capture Pinto never saw coming. A tense frontier showdown where the hunter becomes the hunted.