Black Fury #30

Old Chief Beaver-Who-Walks must choose which of his two sons will inherit leadership of the Cheyenne, so he sends White Elk and Black Eagle forth for seven days to prove their worth through great deeds. When White Elk encounters the legendary grizzly Three-Toes mauling a young warrior, Black Fury the wild stallion joins the battle, and what unfolds will test not just their courage, but their character and judgment.

Black Fury, an ebony stallion with a score to settle, finds himself between a Sioux war party and a wagon train rolling through frontier hills in this 1961 tale. When a young boy from the wagon train strays during the chaos of a Sioux attack, the horse must decide whether to flee or to face the very warriors who once hunted him.

Black Fury leads his band into a lush valley seeking relief from drought, only to discover it's ruled by a giant puma with deadly hunger on its mind. When the massive cat strikes at the stallion, a venomous rattlesnake enters the battle—and while it saves Black Fury's life, the serpent itself becomes a new threat to his herd's safety in the verdant land.

A young Ben Sanderson rides high on his reputation as the fastest gun in town—until a stranger rolls in and challenges everything he thinks he knows about himself. When liquor and ego push him toward a showdown, Ben discovers there's always someone faster, and a single encounter changes the course of his entire life.

When an elderly man, broken and cast aside by his own family, stumbles upon Black Fury trapped and injured in the hills, he discovers a chance to prove his worth once more—using the Apache horse-handling knowledge that once made him a legend. What begins as an act of mercy becomes something far more remarkable, as the old man and the wild stallion forge an unexpected bond that will turn the heads of everyone in Mesquite.