The Westerner Comics #22

Wild Bill Pecos and his partner Nuggets sign on to help Henry Whittaker drive twelve hundred head of cattle along the Chisholm Trail to St. Louis—a route plagued for months by raids from the notorious border gang led by the ruthless Jack Kittrell. As the massive herd makes its grueling journey across dusty plains and treacherous river crossings, Kittrell and his killers lay in wait, planning to strike when the riders are most vulnerable. Wild Bill must keep the herd—and his fellow drovers—alive against an enemy that won't give up easily.

Nuggets Nugent and his scrappy wolf cub Geronimo stumble into trouble when the pup's antics accidentally pit two feuding families—the Hatts and the McCrays—against our hapless hero. With both clans vowing vengeance and bullets flying through the saloon, Nuggets finds himself caught in the crossfire and desperately hoping the roof holds long enough to see another day.

Johnny Jones was a Pony Express rider who vanished in a landslide during a treacherous mountain crossing—yet his legend didn't end there. Years later, fellow riders began witnessing his spectral form appearing whenever they faced danger, offering aid and protection as the Ghost Rider who never stopped running the mail route. This tale captures the frontier myth of a devoted messenger whose commitment to his comrades transcended death itself.

Born in New York as William H. Bonney Jr., a young man who would become Billy the Kid earns his deadly reputation defending his mother's honor in the New Mexico Territory, then finds himself swept into the Lincoln County War alongside cattle king Chisum against rival ranchers. When Sheriff Turner and his posse close in, Billy and his allies make a desperate last stand at McSween's house, leading to a fiery siege that tests whether the legendary gunslinger can survive overwhelming odds.

Tensions flare when a young man carrying a cavalry saber joins a wagon train crossing Sioux country, and the train's boss wants him to discard the weapon—until a massive Indian war party attacks and the saber may be the key to turning the tide. With the pioneers pinned down and their situation growing desperate, the young man makes a daring charge to strike at the enemy's chief, putting his unconventional weapon and his courage to the ultimate test.

Dale Hart returns to Pleasant Valley after fifteen years away to reclaim his ranch—only to find himself branded a traitor by his neighbors, who believe he sold out to the lead miners who want to strip-mine the valley into wasteland. When the truth emerges that his own foreman, Al Collins, orchestrated the betrayal and murders to cover his tracks, Hart must clear his name and stop Collins before the angry townspeople hang an innocent man. A tense frontier tale of deceit, loyalty, and one man fighting to reclaim his honor and save his home.