Cheyenne Kid #37
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Flame on the Mountain" follows a sheriff confronting horse rustling in his territory. When ten horses disappear from a local ranch, the sheriff discovers that a man named Charles Ward has been acquiring stolen horses under the alias of an Army assist from Fort Carson. After the sheriff and his deputy apprehend Ward with evidence of the theft, Ward's conscience works on him during his jail stay, leading him to confess and implicate his accomplice Ellman. When Judge Pearson hears the case, Ward pleads for mercy for Ellman, resulting in Ellman receiving a fine and suspended sentence under Ward's probation care, and the two men eventually become good friends. In a separate narrative thread, Jesse searches for a beautiful young woman named Ken who had ridden a horse named Prince; discovering Ken is five years old and the horse cannot be broken, Jesse gives up his search.
When the Cheyenne Kid stumbles into a gunrunner's camp and accidentally kills their leader, he's forced into an undercover role by Captain Forsythe and Sergeant Moss—posing as a black-market arms dealer named Fen Barry to infiltrate the hideout and expose the operation. Under the watchful eye of the ruthless halfbreed Chato, the Kid must navigate a treacherous journey through hostile territory while nursing a personal vendetta, unaware of what dangers await at the smugglers' lair.
Cheyenne Kid journeys to a hidden mountain valley to find healing hot springs for his ailing friend Chief White Beaver, hoping to restore the chief's strength before a rival named Wolf can seize power and spark a devastating war between the Cheyenne and white settlers. But the valley harbors an ancient secret—primitive giants thought long extinct—and Cheyenne must use his wits and weapons to protect the chief and survive their encounter with these fearsome inhabitants.
When Cheyenne Kid saves a stranger named Bart Coleman from a diamondback rattler, the grateful drifter offers to ride south together—but soon reveals he's a wanted outlaw fleeing a sheriff's posse. Bound by debt and unable to betray the man who saved his life, Cheyenne finds himself caught between loyalty and the law, leading to a tense standoff in the rocks. What starts as a debt of gratitude becomes a test of conscience when Bart's true nature emerges.
Piute Peterson is the most successful horse thief in Indian Territory—warrants dog him from one end of the West to the other, but that doesn't stop the half-breed from stealing fine animals and trading them to the tribes. When he makes off with Jesse Treharn's prize stallion, Treharn sets out to catch him, but the wily thief stays a step ahead—until Treharn comes up with a plan involving a very special horse named Prince. A tense chase unfolds as Peterson claims his prize and rides hard for freedom, only to discover the trap that's been laid for him.
This one-page story presents a patriotic essay celebrating the freedoms and prosperity of American life, contrasting the abundance available to working people in a free society with the restrictions faced by those living under communist rule. Through direct address to the reader, it outlines the core principles of the American Way—personal freedom, equal rights, and free enterprise—and argues that no other nation can match the opportunities and material comforts available to its citizens.
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Reprinted in Les Héros de l'aventure #51 (1968)
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