John Wayne Adventure Comics #31

When a young man named Hank accepts the dangerous challenge to go three rounds with Gib Horn, the world heavyweight champion, the whole town bets everything on his youth and raw strength—until a broken hand forces him out of the ring. With the stakes impossibly high and Bonanza's ranch on the line, John Wayne finds himself stepping in as an unlikely substitute to face a fighter who's never been beaten. What unfolds is a grueling battle between a cunning, ruthless champion and a determined cowboy willing to fight with nothing left to lose.

John Wayne faces off against Jeb Rackley, a desperate gunslinger who steals the legendary Blue Lightnin' Twins—the famed six-shooters once carried by the aging Johnny Montana—and challenges Wayne to a showdown at dawn. When the two meet on Stone Ridge's quiet street, only one man will walk away with Montana's most prized weapons. Montana believed the guns made for straight shooting, but he's about to learn it's the hand that holds them that truly matters.

When a stagecoach vanishes on its route between Death Ridge and Tombstone—along with gold, passengers, and later a U.S. Marshal—John Wayne volunteers to track down what happened to the missing coach and its precious cargo. With his partner Bonanza Bill and the sheriff's daughter Monica, Wayne follows a trail of clues that leads them to a shocking discovery hidden behind a waterfall, but the truth comes with a deadly price. As the three find themselves trapped with other prisoners in a remote canyon hideaway, they'll need to outwit their captors to expose the mystery and escape alive.