Outlaws of the West #17 (1958)

In the quiet town of Lariat, the arrival of the ruthless gunmen Con Ulrich and Ernie Coombs has driven out the townsfolk, who now plan to abandon their homes. When the peaceful Bret Bell, a man who’s never drawn a gun, decides to stand against them, the entire town watches in stunned silence as he prepares to face the outlaws—his choice hanging in the balance.

In the dusty final stretch of a cross-country manhunt, U.S. Deputy Marshal Frank Callin closes in on the elusive outlaw Billy Sickles, who’s been evading justice for years after a string of daring crimes. As Callin tracks him into the barren desert, Sickles makes a desperate stand at a remote water hole, setting up a tense, deadly confrontation where both men know this moment could be their last.

Happy Jack Dahl returns to West Texas, a man with a notorious reputation and a smile that wins over townsfolk despite being wanted for crimes ranging from bank robbery to stealing from the poor box. Ranger Buff Beck, self-conscious about his looks and unpopular with locals, struggles to enforce the arrest, especially as Happy Jack’s charm turns even his victims into reluctant allies. As the tension builds in the dusty streets, Beck faces not just a fugitive, but a showdown where reputation, justice, and a smile may be the real weapons.

In the dusty frontier town of 1958, John Marsh is moments away from marrying Molly when a stranger arrives, gun drawn, believing John is his wanted twin brother Joe Marsh. The truth unfolds: the two men are identical twins, but their lives have split in opposite directions—John a quiet rancher, Joe a fugitive on the run. As tension mounts, Joe reveals a desperate plan to swap identities and vanish, but the arrival of a mysterious rider on the trail sets off a chain of events neither brother could have foreseen.