Black Fury #5

Brad Kelly's capture of Black Fury, the legendary wild stallion of the West, sets off a chain of betrayal and violence when two desperate outlaws discover his dark secret. As Link Potts and Joe Cooke close in on the drugged horse to claim him for themselves, their greed turns murderous—but Black Fury's noble nature may yet prove to be his salvation. This tale explores how evil men's hunger to corrupt what is wild and free ultimately leads to their own undoing.

Boxcar Benny shows up hungry and desperate at a stranger's door, pleading for a meal—only to get turned away with a wiseguy's deflection instead of charity. It's a quick, wry joke about misplaced optimism that captures the bumbling hobo's perpetual bad luck.

When a rockslide injures the legendary Black Fury in the wild horse hills, the great stallion seeks shelter in a blind valley—only to find himself trapped with Con Devent, a cunning outlaw fleeing a bank robbery with his white mare Snow. Devent recognizes the stallion's talent and potential, using his knack for handling horses to win Black Fury's trust with the promise of healing his wound. What unfolds is a tense test of wills as the outlaw prepares to use the magnificent animal as his escape across the desert.

A wild stallion's loyalty is put to the ultimate test when Andrew Black pursues Black Fury into a remote canyon, determined to shoot the horse he considers an outlaw—only to find his own daughter, Jeanne, standing between the gun and her hero. Trapped in a desperate standoff with nowhere to run, Black Fury must fight for survival and prove he's no criminal, just a horse protecting what matters most.

This 1956 non-fiction piece explores the remarkable engineering behind American Indian bows and arrows, tracing how indigenous craftspeople developed sophisticated weaponry using only their hands, teeth, stones, and bone tools. From selecting and seasoning the finest woods like yew to carefully crafting sinew-backed bows and precisely flaked arrow heads from stone, the story reveals the ingenuity and skill that made these tools as deadly and efficient as any European bow of the era. A fascinating look at how the American Indian transformed raw materials into instruments that sustained their way of life for centuries.

Randy listens as a ranch hand describes his impossibly tough boss through increasingly absurd tall tales—from gargling with broken glass to stealing a bathtub from the hotel. When the conversation turns to why people avoid the boss, Randy suggests a far simpler explanation, leading to a comedic clash of logic that sends the ranch hand packing for an unexpected destination.