Kid Montana #44

Jan 1964 · Charlton · 0.12 USD

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This issue contains two stories. "The Witness" follows Kid Montana as he happens upon a bank robbery in progress and becomes an unwilling target of the criminals; pursued by a gang member named Crowe, he must evade capture while hiding evidence of stolen money he discovered. "The Ghost Riders" depicts Kid Montana caught in a nighttime gunfight with armed riders who attack him; he manages to escape but is later ambushed by the same gang, leading to a dramatic confrontation involving a lariat trap and a horse. The issue also includes "Slidell Sheriff: Doc Does His Duty," a text story about Doc Holliday and his efforts to use his intellect rather than his guns to maintain law and order in the Old West.

Contains 3 stories

The Witness

10 pp · Western-Frontier

Kid Montana

Kid Montana becomes the sole witness to a bank robbery in Sunflats, barely escaping with his life when one of the robbers shoots him. As the sheriff prepares to hunt the fugitive, a wounded outlaw named Dix Welby warns Kid that the real danger isn’t the law—but the man who shot him, Merlin Crowe, who’s now plotting to escape and silence him.

He Came to Die

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Cyril Grantvel, a man given months to live with consumption, journeys west in a desperate bid to survive, only to be taken in by a rancher’s daughter and assigned to help her sheepherder, Civez. As winter descends and the harsh frontier tests his frail body, Cyril faces storms, wolves, and his own failing health, finding unexpected strength in the will to live.

The Ghost Riders

10 pp · Western-Frontier

Kid Montana

Kid Montana takes a job with Trey Landon’s violent gang, only to find himself caught in a series of nighttime raids targeting homesteaders. As the gang prepares to destroy another ranch, Kid Montana faces a moral choice—stay silent and keep his life, or risk everything to protect the innocent.