Dead-Eye Western Comics #8

In the early 1880s, the ruthless gunman Jim Miller rides into Pecos, Texas, ready to make trouble—and when Sheriff Bud Frazer tries to run him out of town, Miller answers with bullets, killing the lawman and a witness. His reputation as a merciless killer spreads across the Southwest, and soon Miller finds himself hired for a cold-blooded job: eliminate Pat Garrett, the famous rancher, for a hefty payday. When Garrett travels to his ranch in the Organ Mountains to settle a lease dispute, Miller positions himself to strike—but the arrival of an unexpected rider complicates everything, forcing an uneasy alliance that will decide the outlaw's fate.

Otto Mears, a fearless freight driver, has contracted to bring U.S. Mail from Lake City to the remote mining town of Duray—a challenge that earns him enemies among those who profit from the settlement's isolation. When a mysterious rival named Dawson attempts to block the supply route with sabotage, Mears outmaneuvers him at every turn, only to discover that Dawson has set in motion a far more sinister scheme involving stolen rifles and an alliance with the Ute Indians. Now Mears must race against time to warn Duray and stop Dawson's plan before the town is overwhelmed.

Jim Slade is a ruthless killer with a deadly trick: he talks his victims into putting down their guns, then shoots them without mercy. Now operating out of Julesburg, Slade has muscled his way into control of a criminal operation and established himself as the town's most feared man—but his reign of terror has drawn the attention of a marshal and someone with a personal score to settle. As Slade's arrogance grows, the forces closing in on him prepare to make their move.

Rattler Matt, the toughest and most lawless outlaw in the West, terrorizes Gulch City with his claim-jumping, bank robberies, and train holdups—but when the frustrated townsfolk finally manage to get him arrested for breaking a no-dancing ordinance, they realize one night in jail won't stop his rampage. The townspeople devise a cunning plan to lure him into the open, but fate has its own way of settling scores in Dick Briefer's darkly comic tale of frontier justice.

Colonel Dave Jimson and his son Slim drive their cattle herd into Dodge City around 1880, ready to celebrate after four grueling months on the trail—and the Colonel has his eyes on testing his poker skills against the town's sharpest card players. With the cattle sold and the cowhands paid off, it's time for a night of roistering in one of the wildest spots in the West, but the Colonel might find that Kansas poker sharps play a trickier game than he bargained for.

Slim Jimson's father, the Colonel, is gunned down and robbed in a dark alley after a lucky poker game, setting the young man on a mission for vengeance. To infiltrate the outlaw gang suspected of the murder, Slim stages his own jailbreak and wins the trust of the criminals—only to discover the killers are closer than he thought. This western tale from *Dead-Eye Western Comics* #8 delivers frontier justice with a satisfying twist.

When freight-hauling disputes turn violent in the Arizona territory, Tex Devilin rides into Indian Wells and stumbles straight into a high-stakes battle between rival stage lines—one run by his old friend Drew, and another by Ellen Gregor and her father. Tex must choose between loyalty to his past and doing what's right, as the two outfits clash in a brutal war for control of the freight business.