The Westerner #18

The issue contains two main stories: "Silver Dollar Dalton," about the ruthless ex-silver miner who becomes the powerful boss of Silver City during the silver boom in the southwestern United States, whose trademark is tossing silver dollars into the air. Wild Bill Pecos and his partner Nuggets pursue Dalton through blazing gunfights at Tumbleweed Hall, ultimately bringing him and his men to justice; Dalton and several of his men are hanged for murder, while his associate Elias Shane is elected U.S. Senator. "Blood on the Range," set from Colorado to the Pacific Ocean, chronicles the conflict between sheep and cattle ranchers on the open range, focusing on John Graham, a Wyoming cattle raiser forced to gamble with his life for the right to survive on the range, as the tyrannical Jim Duke threatens to eliminate all opposition in the valley.