Black Fury #23

Black Fury, the wild stallion, takes a catastrophic fall into a gully and is found injured by cowboys at the Corby Ranch—the same moment young Miles Corby, recovering from his own riding accident, begins watching the magnificent ebony horse in the corral. As both horse and boy heal under each other's care, Miles discovers a painful truth: Black Fury withers in captivity just as he himself rebels against his father's plans to make him a lawyer in the city. When Miles finally understands what the wild stud truly needs, he makes a choice that forces his father to reckon with a hard lesson about freedom.

When a wagon train is ambushed by Apache raiders, a young boy named Billy wanders away from the circled wagons and falls asleep in the brush—only to wake alone and defenseless as danger closes in from all sides. Black Fury, the wild stallion watching from above, recognizes the child's helplessness and takes it upon himself to shelter and protect the innocent, even as predators circle closer. The ebony stud must make a desperate choice to keep Billy safe, no matter the cost to his own freedom.

This special collection celebrates the lawmen who kept the frontier in line—from Pat Garrett's Winchester to Bucky O'Neill's lightning-fast draw to Wyatt Earp's resourceful survival against impossible odds. Each of these legendary sheriffs faced down outlaws in their own way, proving that wearing the badge meant more than just strapping on a gun.

Texas Ranger Lee Elrod finds himself cornered in Bullet Town by Jig Nason and his outlaw crew—but a compassionate doctor, held prisoner and forced to patch up the gang's wounds, becomes his unlikely ally in turning the tables. Together they must outthink a desperate outlaw boss and his twenty hardened gunmen to escape the trap and expose the truth behind the doctor's frame-up.

A ghostly white stallion from the high country has set his sights on Black Fury's herd, and after a bruising first battle, he trails the great black stud with vengeance burning in his heart. When two old mustang hunters stumble onto the herd, their desperation for fortune sets off a chain of events that tests whether Black Fury can protect what's his—and whether the white stallion will ever accept his defeat.