Billy the Kid #48

Billy the Kid faces off against a legendary longhorn with a grudge when a dangerous bull repeatedly charges him—but when cattle rustlers led by the outlaw Joe Pepp kidnap him and plan his execution, the beast's fury might be the only thing standing between him and certain death. This wild frontier tale explores whether the "killer bull" is truly a monster, or simply defending what's his.

When big Wyoming cattlemen fraudulently seize the best land in 1892, they import armies of Texas gunmen to drive out small farmers and stockmen with legal claims to the range—sparking a brutal conflict of poisoned water holes, burned crops, and gunfights that pit outmatched settlers against professional hired guns. This account of the Johnson County War shows how ordinary people stood against overwhelming odds in a fight for their land and survival. The small operators emerge victorious, forcing legislation that finally brings peace to the territory.

Billy the Kid decides to play a prank on Jackson Quine's visiting niece by staging a fake stagecoach holdup to "initiate" her into the wild ways of the frontier—but she turns the tables on him with a gun of her own and forces him to a surprising destination. What starts as Billy's jest spirals into chaos when the sharp-witted young woman reveals she's got plans of her own, and Billy finds himself in far deeper trouble than he bargained for.

When "Pop" Rennie Cait and Red Fox dynamite an N.P. locomotive to steal its Army payroll, they think they've pulled off the perfect crime—especially once Chief One Arrow grants them sanctuary at his Blackfoot village. But a determined Major at Fort Hopkins has other plans, and he's willing to make a dangerous deal with the chief himself to bring the payroll pirates to justice. It's a tense standoff between loyalty, hunger, and a soldier's word in "The Payroll Pirates," from Billy the Kid #48.

Billy the Kid tracks a mysterious bushwhacker across the Texas frontier after the gunslinger wounds his friend Jesse Rink and kills two lawmen, following a thin trail of clues that leads him to the border town of Jump-Over. There, Billy finds himself caught between a challenge from the tough gunslinger Taffy Brunn and a hidden enemy with a Winchester—but nothing is quite what it seems when lead starts flying on the main street.