Black Fury #26

Sep 1960 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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This anthology issue contains three stories featuring Black Fury the stallion. In "The Rocking Chair Cowboy," Tommy Brackman, a boy crippled and unable to ride, is determined to become a cowboy and eventually rides Black Fury despite his devoted parents' concerns. "The Left-Handed Owhoot" follows a masked outlaw who robs a bank and shoots it out with a ranger, who discovers the criminal is actually Joshua Teague, the outlaw who went out the back way. In a third story, Black Fury faces off against a wild stallion and rustlers on the prairie, with the stallion and rider vanishing into the distance after an intense confrontation.

Contains 5 stories

Enemies Three

6 pp · Animal, Western-Frontier

A young Apache's dream of claiming the magnificent Black Fury turns into a desperate fight for survival when both horse and rider tumble into a desert canyon—and a hardened gunslinger named Jeb Kincaid descends to claim the prize himself. Trapped together as a sandstorm rages and danger closes in from every direction, the three unlikely adversaries must decide whether survival means staying enemies or becoming something more.

The Rocking Chair Cowboy

6 pp · Animal, Western-Frontier

A crippled boy named Tommy Brackman dreams of becoming a cowboy, his spirit unbroken despite the fever that took the use of his legs—and his only real friend is Black Fury, a wild stallion who visits him each day. When Tommy's determination to reach the horse leads him to risk standing on his own, Black Fury reveals an instinctive gentleness that may change everything Tommy thought possible.

The Left-Handed Owlhoot

1 pp · Western-Frontier

A masked outlaw strikes the bank in town, but when the ranger arrives to investigate, bank manager Joshua Teague's nervous story doesn't quite add up—a sleeping dog and some chickens outside the back door tell a different tale. The ranger pieces together the truth: Teague himself is the "left-handed owlhoot," and the evidence of his own gun hand gives him away.

Fast Draw Kid

4 pp · Western-Frontier

When the Maverick Marshal Mark Stone arrives in Yucca Flats, he encounters Jimmy Cooper, a young man home from studying law back East who happens to be the fastest gun hand Sam Cooper has ever seen—but only for sport. Trouble erupts when the ruthless gunslinger Breck Talley rides into town looking to make a reputation, and Mark must decide whether to let Jimmy face him or find another way to keep the boy from a life of violence. In this tale from *Black Fury* #26, a seasoned lawman weighs the cost of staying out of a young man's fight.

The Witness

6 pp · Animal, Western-Frontier

When a wild horse hunter ropes Black Fury to claim the legendary stallion, a stampede of rustled cattle forces an uneasy truce between man and beast—but when they survive, the disheveled hunter is arrested as one of the rustlers himself. With only an exhausted Black Fury as a silent witness to his innocence, the hunter must hope Sheriff Sam Sloane can read the truth in the wild stallion's behavior before a jury condemns him.