Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles #69
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeWild Bill Hickok and Jingles undertake a cleanup operation in a lawless town where an outlaw named Garcia has terrorized the sheriff and citizens. The story involves a confrontation with two similarly dressed men, one of whom is revealed to be a fugitive, leading to a dramatic train sequence where Wild Bill pursues the outlaw who has stolen sixty thousand dollars.
When Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Boxton to check on some land investments, he finds himself the target of a mysterious eastern businessman's hired guns—one ambush after another forcing him to figure out who Kendle Kraig really is and what he wants. After appearing to flee town, Hickok circles back and discovers Kraig's real scheme: fraudulent property deeds that would let him claim ownership of the entire town. Now Hickok must confront the man behind the conspiracy before Kraig can complete his land grab.
Wild Bill Hickok and his partner Jingles arrive in Rio Roja to help the honest townspeople take on the corrupt forces running the place—gambling king Garcia and outlaw overlord Tanner—who've made it clear they want the lawmen gone. After winning the support of the citizens through a petition to the governor, Hickok and Jingles set out to shut down Garcia's operations and restore order to a town that's been running wild for far too long.
Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles find themselves facing a noon deadline—Curt Fanning and his gang have given them until high noon to leave town, with gunmen positioned throughout every street and alley. As the clock ticks toward the fateful moment, Wild Bill uses a war of nerves and the threat of his own swift justice to turn the tables on Fanning, testing whether the outlaw leader's nerve will hold under pressure.
When Sheriff Sam Brady steps down after losing an election to a corrupt rival backed by the ruthless Bull Rickert, Sabina descends into lawlessness—rustlers run rampant, and the town he once protected begins to unravel. When his oldest friend's son is hunted unjustly by the new sheriff's deputies, Sam finds himself drawn back into the fight, determined to expose the scheme behind the chaos consuming his former town. In "The Quietest Town In the West," watch as a reluctant ex-lawman discovers that some battles won't let you walk away.
Wild Bill Hickok encounters a stranger named Homer Fogg on a train who bears a striking resemblance to him—and asks Bill to hold his satchel while he steps away at a station stop. When a bank robbery and train heist unfolds, Bill finds himself caught in the middle of a clever scheme designed to frame him, forced to pursue the real culprit across a moving locomotive. It's a tale of mistaken identity, quick thinking, and justice served on the rails.
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Reprinted in Wild Bill Hickok #3 (1960), Best of the West #34 (2003)
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