Billy the Kid #30

Billy the Kid ventures into the Sierra Madre stronghold of the outlaw Ramon Ruiz, where an old friend named Pablo must choose between loyalty to his gang and a chance at a new life—one that includes a wedding waiting back home. When Ruiz suspects treachery and the bullets start flying, Billy finds himself in the middle of a showdown that could change everything for Pablo.

Billy the Kid rolls into a strange town where nobody knows him—and that anonymity costs him. When the brutal local marshal confiscates his gun and disrespects him, Billy decides to do something about it: he challenges the tyrant for the badge itself, then faces him down on the street to settle who really deserves to wear it.

Billy the Kid arrives at a struggling ranch just as a young woman named Hollie Davis desperately needs help defending her family's property from rustlers working for the ruthless Bernie Stallman—and her own father has surrendered to fear and despair. With Billy's quiet intervention, Davis finds the courage to reclaim his role as protector and stand against the threats that have been tormenting his home. What neither Davis nor his daughter fully realize is that the real reason Stallman's gang backs down has everything to do with who their mysterious helper truly is.

When the Masked Raider springs King Mallard from Sheriff Garrett's jail to prevent the outlaw's gang from gunning down the lawman, he sets in motion a clever trap that forces Mallard and his men into the open. With help from his eagle companion Talon, the Masked Raider orchestrates a daring confrontation in the high caves where Mallard's gang has taken refuge. It's a tale of strategy and courage from the pages of Billy the Kid #30.

When the local lawman falls ill, Billy the Kid learns that Rojo, a ruthless Mexican badman, has ridden into Blanca with a gang intent on robbing the town blind—and the outlaw doesn't take kindly to interference. After Rojo humiliates him with a cruel prank, Billy plants himself in the bank to make a stand, but he'll need more than grit if he's going to outgun Rojo's dozen hired guns. A tense showdown unfolds as the Kid faces his match in the form of a cunning and merciless rival.