Billy the Kid #53

When Billy the Kid takes a deputy badge to investigate cattle rustling on the frontier, he finds himself caught between his loyalty to his former boss Happy Falk and his duty to enforce the law—especially when evidence points to Falk himself. As Billy pursues the case, the real culprit, Tuck Thibow, makes a desperate move that forces Billy and Falk to decide where justice truly lies. In the chaos of bullets and betrayal, Billy discovers that wearing the law's star means standing on the wrong side sometimes to set things right.

Billy the Kid is trying his best to stay out of trouble after a warning from Marshal Tate Hulitt, but in this frontier showdown, trouble keeps finding him—from a persistent admirer to a rival suitor to a horse thief who pushes him past his breaking point. When Billy finally loses his patience at the corral, gunplay erupts and he's forced to draw the very weapon he'd been ordered to keep holstered. A wild brawl and a heated confrontation test just how long a young outlaw can hold his own against mounting odds.

William F. Cody faces off against fellow buffalo hunter William Comstock in a high-stakes competition at Fort McPherson, each man determined to prove himself the superior marksman. Cody's clever hunting tactics and nerves of steel during the contest earn him more than just bragging rights—they win him a name that will echo through history.

When Kid Montana rides into Garyville seeking a quiet breakfast, he finds the town terrorized by Whit Rogers and his gang—the sheriff wounded, the townspeople too frightened to resist, and lawlessness running wild. Recognizing that someone has to stand up to the gang's brutality, Kid Montana takes on the job of rallying the broken community before Rogers returns with his men. It's a showdown between one skilled gunman and the ruthless outfit that's taken over an entire town.