Death Valley #3

John "Doc" Cameron looks like any other drifter testing his luck in the gambling halls of Desert Gulch, but his nervous cough is a death sentence to anyone who crosses him—a gunman with a murderous past and a heart twisted by betrayal. When Doc rides into Bonanza and meets the kind-hearted banker Lisa Adams at a church festival, something stirs in him that he thought long buried, forcing him to confront whether the man he once was in Philadelphia can reclaim any part of the ruthless killer he's become. As Doc stands at the crossroads between his old life and his darker nature, one final choice will test whether redemption or vengeance wins out.

A wandering drifter named Mel Farley stumbles upon a train robbery and spots a peculiar spur wheel left behind by the thieves—a clue that leads him to the saloon in nearby Sun City. There he joins a high-stakes poker game with Lucky Deel, the saloon owner, and uses his wits and quick draw to expose Deel as the train robber and murderer, all while giving any winnings to the young woman left penniless by the crime. It's a solid tale of frontier justice served with grit and a quietly generous heart.

"Sleepy" Towne's laid-back nature has kept him from winning Beth Sands's heart—until she agrees to marry the ambitious Chet Barker, and Sleepy discovers a dangerous secret that forces the quiet rancher to become something far from his easygoing reputation. When deception and double-dealing threaten Beth's future, this slow-talking cowpoke transforms into a force to be reckoned with in "Greased Lightning," a 1954 tale from Death Valley #3.

After a circus passing through town leaves sixteen-year-old Beth Baron restless on her family's ranch, a charming stranger at the spring awakens something wild in her—so wild that when he and his gang of outlaws need to escape a posse, she steals her father's cash to help them escape, then joins their ranks herself. But when the Canyon Kid, the man she loves, strikes her down on what was supposed to be their wedding day, Beth's infatuation turns to something far colder, and she makes a choice that will seal the gang's fate.