Black Fury #37

An Eastern city boy named Leonard J. Sillsby finds himself lost and dangerously unprepared in Black Fury's wild domain—and when he accidentally starts a grass fire, the mysterious stallion forces him to fix what he's broken. As Sillsby stumbles through the wilderness exhausted and terrified, Black Fury keeps watch, protecting him from the mountain's real dangers while leading him through a harrowing night and toward an unexpected rescue.

When Deputy Lapero's riderless horse returns to camp, young Johnny Witt fears the worst—but Sheriff Lasher isn't ready to write the deputy's epitaph just yet. Following the animal's trail into the canyons, the lawmen track down a gang of quarreling outlaws and discover Lapero's clever training may have saved his life.

William H. Bonney's peaceful campfire is shattered when a bank robber stumbles into his camp during a shootout with the law—and Billy the Kid takes him into custody with some quick thinking and frontier justice. When the outlaw reveals how a crooked banker named Krakauer swindled him out of his ranch, Billy hatches a plan that might just turn the tables on everyone involved. A tale of double-crosses and desert comeuppance from the pages of Black Fury, 1962.

Red Cloud, a Kiowa war chief consumed by visions of triumph, sets his sights on capturing Black Fury, the legendary wild stallion, believing the mighty horse will lead his warriors to victory against the cavalry and settlers. After a grueling struggle, Red Cloud manages to break Black Fury's will through starvation and domination, transforming the stallion into a painted war pony for his tribes' assault across the plains. But taming a king of the wild may prove far easier than controlling the fury that still burns within him.

When a brutal drought grips the West and a desperate man encounters Black Fury, the legendary mustang stallion with an uncanny gift for finding water, he makes an audacious choice—capturing the wild horse to lead a parched town to salvation. As Black Fury's keen senses guide the man to hidden springs, the great stallion must decide whether to trust his natural enemy for the sake of the suffering people and animals around them. In this tale of survival and unlikely alliance, Black Fury's courage and extraordinary gifts become the town's only hope against the unforgiving desert.