Outlaws of the West #13 (1957)

Piute Charlie, long known as a desert wanderer chasing gold, returns to town with nuggets and dust—drawing the greedy attention of younger outlaws Tank Metzger and Ford Repp, who trail him into the harsh desert. As thirst and exhaustion set in, the two men scheme to steal his water, unaware he’s been leading them on a clever trap, using the desert’s hidden resources to outwit them.

Everett Johns arrives in a frontier town to buy the Carter Ranch, unaware he’s stepping into Arch Lester’s territory. When Lester and his gang threaten him, Johns refuses to back down, sparking a tense standoff that escalates into a relentless campaign of harassment and ambush. Though outnumbered and outgunned, Johns holds his ground, turning the tables on Lester’s reign of fear with unrelenting persistence.

In the dusty aftermath of a heist, three former friends—Rizley, Dent Welman, and Apache John—split a fortune in gold and swear to reunite in five years to claim it, each vowing not to betray the others. Years later, as they return to the hidden cave, the weight of greed and old loyalties threatens to unravel their fragile pact, forcing Sheriff Jim Mason to intervene before blood is spilled.

In the lawless town of Taprock, former Ranger Jim Molloy finds himself trapped in a rigged trial orchestrated by outlaw Reb Ridley, who’s appointed himself judge, jury, and prosecutor. With the marshal retired and the townspeople cowed, Molloy must survive a sham hearing where every card is stacked against him—until the growing unrest among the townsfolk gives him a chance to turn the tables.

In a remote stretch of frontier land, a scheming man named Phil Baxter orchestrates a dangerous deception, pretending to be an ally to a Native American chief in order to provoke a war and profit from selling rifles to both sides. When his ruse unravels, the true identity of a disguised U.S. Cavalry officer is revealed, exposing Baxter’s treachery and leading to the arrest of his outlaw gang.