Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles #75

Wild Bill Hickok grows suspicious when mountain man Roper Smith returns alone from a hunting expedition, claiming his client John Hamlin drowned in the river—especially since Hickok had warned Hamlin never to carry cash. Heading into the Badlands to investigate, Hickok must navigate Smith's deadly traps and confront the cunning trapper before learning the truth about what really happened to the Easterner.

This tale celebrates the legendary lawmen of the Old West who wore the sheriff's badge—from Wild Bill Hickok taming frontier towns with his six-gun, to Sheriff Pat Garrett's fearless stand against outlaws, to Arizona's quick-fisted Sheriff "Bucky" O'Neill and Wyatt Earp's own brush with danger. Each story captures a different facet of the special breed of men who brought law and order to the frontier, armed with skill, nerve, and quick reflexes.

Wild Bill Hickok squares off against a self-styled Bavarian nobleman who's hired the fastest gunslinger in the West to train his men into an unstoppable force—and now the Baron's wolf pack is riding into town ready to prove they can outgun the lawman. When the Baron demands Hickok's resignation and the showdown looks inevitable, the marshal must outthink a band of hired guns schooled in tricks designed specifically to take him down. It's a clash of wits and quick draws as Hickok races to turn the tables before the Baron's practiced tactics give him the edge he needs.

When an Eastern college boy arrives at his uncle's ranch wearing an experimental bullet-proof vest, the cowhands write him off as a green amateur—until he's ambushed by outlaws after collecting the payroll. After taking a bullet meant to kill him, Quincy devises a clever plan using glowing fox fire to retrieve the stolen money and scare the criminals into submission in "Phantom in the Night."

Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles go undercover as a stagecoach driver and passenger to catch a cunning gang of three outlaws who've been hitting valuable shipments around Sage City—but their trap goes sideways when the outlaws resort to dynamite. As Wild Bill pieces together clues about a whispered campaign to drive the lawmen out of town, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy that reaches right into the heart of the local bank, forcing a desperate confrontation in the vaults below.