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Cowboy Western #60 (1956)
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In the dusty town of Cattle Creek, Marshal Wild Bill Hickok is called in to guard a large payroll shipment, only to find the money mysteriously vanished after his deputy, Jingles, is the last to handle it. With Banker John Ridden acting suspiciously and a web of lies unraveling, Hickok must untangle a scheme that pits loyalty against betrayal—before the real thieves vanish with the town’s savings.
Wild Bill Hickok finds himself at odds with trail boss Cam Edwards when the arrival of a massive cattle herd stirs tension in town, pitting cowhands against merchants and forcing the marshal to take a stand. As Edwards threatens to drive the herd straight through town unless his demands are met, Hickok rallies the townspeople to prepare a fiery defense—only to surprise everyone by turning the chaos into cooperation.
In the western frontier tale "Dodge City Express," Marshal Wild Bill Hickok rides the rails to Dodge City with a prisoner, unaware that a gang of ex-convicts is aboard—many of them former associates—and that the train carries a fortune in gold meant for the city’s bank. As tension builds between the marshal, the passengers, and the train’s mysterious manager, a dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds when the outlaws realize Hickok knows about the gold, and they’re not the only ones watching.
In "Crooked Round-Up," Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in the corrupt town of Springer, where he quickly uncovers a well-organized criminal network run by businessman Harry Hahn—despite the townspeople’s resistance. As Hickok arrests Hahn’s gang and begins to piece together a hidden ledger, he discovers a mysterious figure known only as "Mr. X," whose identity becomes the key to the town’s corruption.