Outlaws of the West #12

After an ambush leaves Captain Wayne's detail decimated at the hands of the Mexican bandit El Chico, the officer sheds his uniform and takes on a new identity—the Gringo Kid—to hunt down the outlaw on his own terms. Armed with nothing but grit and quick draw, he infiltrates El Chico's territory, forces the bandits to lead him to their leader, and confronts the man responsible for the massacre in a final reckoning that's far from what El Chico expects.

Jeff Pruit strikes a lucky vein of gold during a blizzard and guards his newfound wealth fiercely—but word reaches the ruthless Hooker and his gang, who pursue him relentlessly across the desert and into town with theft on their minds. As Hooker closes in from all sides, Pruit must use his wits and his dwindling ammunition to protect his bonanza and reach safety.

When a young man named Morgan Crane helps Jesse James escape bounty hunters, he sees a chance to solve his desperate problems—his family's ranch is about to be seized by the bank, and he figures riding with the legendary outlaw is his only way out. Jesse, impressed by the kid's grit but troubled by what he's about to set in motion, brings Morgan into the gang for a robbery, all while wrestling with the weight of corrupting an innocent. As Morgan gets his first taste of outlaw life, he'll discover that the reality of riding the owlhoot trail is far different from the romance he imagined.

Bob Dalton, the cold-eyed young outlaw chief, leads his gang on a string of audacious raids across the country—robbing trains and banks with a cocky charm that keeps him craving bigger scores and greater infamy. After a successful robbery in Adair, Dalton grows obsessed with matching the exploits of rival gangs, plotting an ambitious dual-bank heist in Coffeyville that will test whether his youth and boldness can overcome the town's citizens and lawmen. This five-page tale captures the rise and reckoning of one of the Old West's most notorious figures.

A drifter with a mysterious past rides into the lawless boom town of Hard-Rock and finds himself hired as marshal—a job no one else will take. When Clay Odom discovers that the outlaw leader Deuce Warren is the man who framed him years ago, he uses his new badge to settle old scores and finally bring order to a town that's been running wild.