Approved Comics #9

Birdie Phillips stands alone against Augustine Chacon's rustling gang when they target her ranch's cattle herd, only to discover the outlaw has set a deadlier trap—luring her men away from the Double-B with a false report so he can strike at her directly. With her crew scattered and a spy planted among her trusted hands, Birdie must use her wits and her guns to survive long enough for help to arrive.

When rustlers begin systematically raiding the Slash B cattle herd, a young woman struggling to save her father's ranch suspects there's more to their scheme than stealing worthless stock. A drifter passing through gets drawn into the mystery, uncovering a dangerous plot by Craven—the outfit's own foreman—and his connection to the outlaw Bat, while hidden gold and a deadly hideout in the hills threaten everyone involved. With cattle, dynamite, and treachery all in play, the drifter must outmaneuver the rustlers before Craven forces Joyce to surrender everything she has left.

Chief White Wolf and William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody forge a lasting friendship when the legendary scout recruits the Sioux leader for his famous Wild West Circus, which captivates audiences across the globe. A man devoted to peace, White Wolf earns the respect of early settlers through years of guiding wagon trails and working alongside them—until jealousy and betrayal from within his own tribe threaten to undo his legacy of cooperation.

When a loan agent begins systematically eliminating sharecroppers in the Ozarks, Sheriff Johns finds himself caught between mounting murders and a mystery that cuts closer to home than expected. Helen Goddard emerges as a sharp-minded woman determined to uncover the killer's true motive—one rooted in hidden oil deposits and desperate greed. As the sheriff closes in on the truth, a tense game of cat-and-mouse unfolds, with Goddard spinning her own trap to expose the sinister conspiracy before time runs out.

At Sunset captures the quiet end of a cowboy's day on the range, as a rider tends to his horse before settling in for the night under the stars. This poetic 1954 piece by Will Harr offers a serene counterpoint to the action that follows, where Tim Rollins—the fugitive known as the Bold Buckeroo—finds himself caught between a pursuing sheriff's posse and the dangerous outlaw Midas Moran. Racing to prove his innocence and expose the true criminal, Tim must outwit lawmen and outlaws alike in a desperate chase across Colorado's canyons and ridges.