Black Fury #21

Drought has gripped the prairie hills, turning wolves and pumas desperate and dangerous as they stalk Black Fury and his family for food. When a careless spark ignites a wildfire that forces all the creatures of the wild into an uneasy truce for survival, Black Fury must lead his mare and colt through the inferno toward safety and a second chance.

When fences and Marcus's relentless ambition close in on Black Fury's open range, the great wild stallion finds himself trapped and drugged into captivity. Renamed "the Black Devil" for a traveling rodeo, the magnificent stallion wastes away in confinement—until a chance encounter gives an old drifter named Alkali a shot at winning back the freedom they both crave. This 1959 tale captures the clash between the untamed West and those determined to tame it, with two kindred spirits discovering that some things were never meant to be caged.

Black Fury saves a wounded young warrior from a grizzly bear's attack, earning the respect of Straight Lance and his Cheyenne tribe—but when paleface traders arrive with offers of wealth and status, the stallion's loyalty faces its greatest test in "The Warrior."

A desperate man on the run encounters his own uncle—a sheriff pursuing him across the frontier—in this tense confrontation about guilt, family loyalty, and proof. When Logan's horse fails and his gun runs dry, Uncle Ben has him cornered, but doubt creeps in: is the outlaw's son truly involved in the Latigo Bank robbery, or just a victim of his family's reputation? Their standoff becomes a test of whether blood and trust can survive the law.

When a drifter named Pete Mason flees a small town after being falsely accused of stage robbery, he stumbles upon a wild horse camp where the ruthless hunters have trapped Black Fury, the magnificent black stallion who refuses to be broken. Mason's compassion for the trapped horse leads him to intervene—a decision that leaves him beaten and unconscious, only to be rescued by the very animal he tried to save. As Black Fury carries the injured man back to town, the truth about the real criminals emerges, and the stallion proves himself an unlikely hero in the battle for justice.