Jesse James #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Jesse James #7 This issue is an anthology featuring multiple Western stories. "Apache Kid Treasure" follows Jesse James, who takes a vacation in the desert after Pinkerton detectives make things hot for him back home, only to discover a dying Apache kid and become entangled in a quest involving hidden gold and a ruthless gang seeking a fortune in stolen Union Pacific loot. "Death to Gringos" depicts a Mexican gold hunter named Joaquin Murrieta and his companions pursuing treasure in the gold hills, where they encounter multiple corpses and face off against rivals, ultimately resulting in betrayal and death in the mountains.
Jesse James stumbles upon a scheme to expose a banker's greed when his gang intercepts a mailbag during a train robbery—revealing love letters that betray the banker's mercenary plans toward a woman named Amelia Hart. After robbing the banker's San Romano establishment, Jesse delivers the incriminating correspondence to Amelia and robs her suitor of his fortune, forcing the banker to reveal his true colors when he abandons his engagement now that she's lost her money. It's a tale of frontier justice served with a six-gun and a healthy dose of poetic irony.
Jesse James and the Apache Kid meet by chance in the desert when one man, shot and left for dead by his own gang, is rescued by the outlaw king himself. When the Apache Kid reveals there's a half-million dollars in stolen loot waiting to be reclaimed—and a crew of double-crossing varmints to settle with in the Cordillera Mountains—Jesse decides his vacation can wait. What follows is a dangerous hunt for vengeance and fortune, complicated by lawmen and sheriffs closing in from all sides.
Jesse James and Frank James lead their gang on a daring bank robbery in Missouri, only to have their prize stolen by a bold female outlaw—Susan Kragg—who turns the tables on the notorious brothers. When Jesse discovers her identity and tracks her down, he uses her predicament with the law to force a dangerous reckoning that tests whether revenge or self-preservation will win the day.
When gringos gun down his wife and brother in a brutal act of frontier injustice, Joaquin Murrieta transforms into a vengeance-driven outlaw who wages relentless war against those who wronged him, rallying fellow Mexicans to his violent cause across the California territories. As his infamy spreads and the body count rises, authorities organize a hunting party led by Harry Love to track down the notorious bandito and his ruthless gang. This 1952 western tale charts Murrieta's descent into bloodshed and the inevitable clash between the hunted and the hunters.
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Reprinted in Jesse James Comics #6 (1952), Jesse James #21 (1955), Jesse James #25 (1955), Jesse James Classic Western Collection #[nn] (2003)
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