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Black Diamond Western #41 (1952)
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Red Fire arrives in Crescent City, eager to send a telegram to his old friends after a long ride, only to find himself falsely accused of horse theft after a staged auction. With no allies and the town turning against him, he must clear his name before the noose tightens—while a mysterious white horse and a cryptic message hint at a deeper conspiracy.
In the dusty town of Braddock, newly released convict Billy Claiborne returns under the watchful eye of Sheriff Uriah Bell, who warns him to leave by sundown. As Billy settles into town, a dead body is discovered on the plains—Hank Joslin, the publisher of the Braddock Bulletin—leading Black Diamond and his partner Bumper to investigate, while Billy finds himself suddenly caught in the crosshairs of suspicion.
In the dusty frontier town of Durham Canyon, the legendary Black Diamond and his partner Bumper race to intercept Roark Grange—escaped outlaw and sworn enemy of retired marshal Jason Birch—just as Grange stages a daring ruse, impersonating Birch himself to manipulate the town and set a deadly trap. With Grange’s gang holding the real marshal captive and the canyon’s treacherous caves hiding deadly secrets, Black Diamond must outthink a cunning foe who’s not only plotting revenge but has already rewritten the rules of the game.