Sunset Carson Comics #3

Ken Curtis, a lanky Colorado native who spent his early years on a ranch, served in the military before heading to Hollywood to pursue his singing talent. Studio heads were impressed with his western songs and signed him to a long-term contract, and he's now making a string of western films for a major studio.

After forty years of fruitless prospecting, old Nugget McCoy finally strikes gold—but his newfound fortune becomes a death sentence when ruthless men track him down, torture him for the location of his mine, and leave him dead in the desert. When Sunset Carson discovers his murdered friend and learns that Nugget's daughter Annie may be next on the killer's list, he sets out to solve the crime using the only clue left behind: a map that could lead him straight to the man responsible for Nugget's vengeance from beyond the grave.

A Confederate veteran finds a dying miner who speaks of hidden gold before passing, then years later, dreams of a mysterious figure directing him to dig beneath white roses on his own land—but when he strikes rock and stops, he's left wondering forever whether he gave up too soon. This tale of lost opportunity and the cost of doubt plays out across the dusty frontier of the post-Civil War years, a haunting reminder that sometimes perseverance is the only difference between fortune and regret.

Laramie, Wyoming was one of the frontier's most lawless towns, home to notorious figures like Jack McCalls and Jesse James—until armed citizens decided to take action. This factual account traces the city's transformation from a Wild West stronghold plagued by outlaw violence into a place where honest townsfolk could walk the streets without fear, told through the blood and sacrifice of those who fought to establish order.

When a wild stallion named Thunderbred destroys the herd at Aunt Milly's ranch, foreman Curt Benson suspects it's sabotage by the greedy neighbor Tom Lawson—who holds a debt against the property and plans to seize it. As Lawson frames an innocent man for a murder he himself committed, Curt must prove the truth and find a way to save the ranch, with help from an unexpected ally and a spirited horse that might just turn the tide.

Sunset Carson must track down the ruthless gang behind the Rainbow Creek bank robbery, but as the marshal closes in on his suspects, he uncovers a twisted scheme that goes far deeper than a simple holdup. With quick thinking and faster guns, Carson pieces together the truth before a desperate banker can silence the evidence forever.