Six-Gun Heroes #49

When a paroled convict named Josh Slocum returns to town, Marshal Wild Bill Hickok gives him a fair shake—much to the anger of rancher Ty Brigsby, who's been spreading lies about the ex-prisoner and has stolen his land while he was in Yuma Prison. Brigsby hatches a scheme to frame Slocum for a robbery and turn the townspeople against both the marshal and his new friend, setting up a deadly confrontation that will test whether Wild Bill can uncover the truth before it's too late.

When Lash LaRue arrives in San Francisco to enjoy the city sights, he's knocked unconscious and shanghaied aboard a cattle ship—only to overhear a sinister scheme: the ship's captain and a smooth-talking gambler named Ace plan to swindle back the money the captain just paid Lash's partner Tom for his cattle. After escaping the vessel, Lash discovers Tom has already fallen victim to Ace's rigged gambling den, beaten and robbed. Now Lash and Tom head to the Golden Slipper to settle the score with the crooks who underestimated a pair of frontier men in dangerous territory.

Frontier Marshal Wyatt Earp arrives in Greene Valley to find rancher Kelly Baird accused of murder by the wealthy newcomer Victor Rowan—who's been systematically buying up local spreads by force. Suspicious of Rowan's claims, Earp sets out to bring Baird in alive so he can hear the man's side of the story, but Rowan and his gunslicks have other ideas about how this standoff should end. When the shooting starts, Earp must decide whether to let mob justice run its course or stand by the law he's sworn to uphold.

In "The Long Ride to Nowhere," Buford rides hard from Oklahoma to Wyoming, driven by a single purpose: to confront Radford Kent, the man who framed him and ruined his life. When he finally tracks Kent down, he finds him deep in the middle of a new scheme—setting up another innocent man as a fall guy for a bank heist.

Annie Oakley catches the eye of a charming drifter named Jack Blaney, who sweet-talks his way into her affections with flowers and promises of a future together—but Annie's sharper than he bargains for. When Blaney's real scheme surfaces, she trades her fancy new dress for her trusted guns and proves that no amount of romance can distract her from protecting the town.