Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine #26

Thirty-year lawman Pat Walcott has always worked alone, too proud to accept a deputy—until a chance encounter with Billy the Kid at a railroad robbery plants seeds of mistrust. When the Malton Gang manipulates the two into a deadly confrontation, Pat discovers that stubbornness and age may have finally caught up with him. A hard-won lesson in pride costs the old sheriff dearly, but it might just save his life.

Billy the Kid stumbles upon a dying prospector with a map to a hidden canyon allegedly brimming with gold—but the old man's tale of greed and Apache vengeance hints that this treasure comes with a curse. Drawn by the promise of wealth and a chance at a settled life, the Kid rides toward the canyon only to discover the true stakes behind the Apaches' deadly guardianship.

Billy the Kid confronts Mort Stuart, a ruthless cattle baron who's ruled the valley for thirty years and will stop at nothing to keep it—including poisoning the water supply to drive out innocent settlers. When Stuart's scheme threatens the newcomers' survival, the Kid must face down Stuart and his hired guns to restore justice to the valley.

Billy the Kid finds himself caught between a woman's thirst for vengeance and the truth about her brother's death when a screaming girl in a ravine draws him into a deadly trap. Marge Kimball has spent nearly a year tracking the Kid across the frontier, convinced he brutally murdered her brother Steve in cold blood, and now she has him cornered and unarmed in an isolated canyon. As the girl's finger tightens on the trigger, an unexpected force intervenes—forcing both to confront whether the Kid's legend matches the reality of what truly happened that fateful night.