Billy the Kid #38

When an escaped convict named Jim Lace ambushes Billy the Kid on a lonely road, he steals Billy's horse, gun, and clothes—leaving Billy to pursue him on foot. Billy must catch up to the outlaw before a trigger-happy posse mistakes him for the criminal and takes matters into their own hands, all while a conflicted young man named Danny struggles against his father's demand to prove himself ruthless.

When a woman named Mame Bolton rolls into Grangerville with a fortune from her late father's estate and a gun at her hip, she becomes the center of a deadly dispute—a drifter claims she shot him unprovoked, but she insists he tried to rob her. With no witnesses and conflicting stories, Sheriff Ben faces an impossible choice: the unwritten law of the West says a man doesn't draw against a woman, yet Billy the Kid may be the only one fast enough to bring her in. As tensions boil over in the desert heat, the truth becomes as elusive as a quick draw.

Sheriff Dan Strickland faces an impossible task: the vicious Morland Gang has terrorized Nevada for five years, but their leader, Gus Morland, never travels alone—making a direct assault on their hideout suicidal. When Strickland spots a Judas steer being used to lead cattle to slaughter, he realizes he can use the same principle against Morland's own men. With the territorial victims united behind him, Strickland sets his plan in motion, banking on the gang's lack of loyalty to their ruthless leader to work in his favor.

When the mysterious outlaw Vance and his dangerous Big V gang take over the town of Bullwhip, the desperate citizens turn to Billy the Kid to restore order—but the Kid soon discovers that facing down Vance's hardened gunslicks is only the beginning of a much more complicated fight. With a badge on his chest and the odds stacked against him, Billy must confront the true nature of Vance's power and uncover what makes this mysterious figure truly dangerous. It's a showdown that tests whether even the fastest gun in the West can handle an enemy who breaks all the rules.