Black Diamond Western #11 (1949)

In the rugged frontier of the 1860s, a desperate plan unfolds when a young man named Jack Williams, posing as a wanted outlaw, rides into a lawless town to infiltrate Redban’s Raiders and bring them down. As he navigates tense encounters with suspicious locals and the ever-present threat of discovery, he must stay one step ahead of both the gang and the law—while a mysterious sheriff begins to question his true identity.

Jo and Emmy marvel at the frontier life while watching Jeb struggle to rebuild his cannon, which keeps launching him due to settling ground. A passing stranger’s ten-gallon hat sparks a lighthearted exchange, and the story unfolds with playful banter and a humorous twist involving a gun with a curious age requirement.

Bob Grady returns to Silver City after fourteen years, driven by a childhood vow to bring his parents’ murderer, Bat Montrell, to justice—only to find himself hunted by Montrell’s gang and framed for a killing he didn’t commit. After being rescued by Susan Wayne, the daughter of a man he once saved, he learns the truth about his father’s past and the fate of the Double X ranch, now under her protection. With Montrell’s men closing in and the sheriff’s arrival uncertain, Bob must decide whether to stay and fight or flee to clear his name.

In the dusty town of Olarville, two innocent men, Sam Gage and Joe Tolliver, are wrongly accused of a bank robbery after being ambushed and stripped of their clothes and horses by the real outlaws. With the entire town turning out to form a posse, they must prove their innocence before the sheriff hangs them for crimes they didn’t commit—especially when the real culprits are still on the loose, disguised as lawmen.