Appearing in "Range War!"
Rawhide Kid #12
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- Bull Brennan
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Synopsis for "Range War!"
Rawhide Kid #12
The Rawhide Kid is leading a band of settlers onto open government land near Shotgun City when he comes across a roadblock with armed guards. The Kid orders them to stand down, telling them that the nestors have the right to set up a home on the open land. The men refuse to do so and tell the Kid he can argue it with Bull Brennan, who is looking out for the interests of local ranchers. However the Kid draws his guns and quickly disarms the highwaymen and forces them to take down the barrier so the nestors can continue on the final stretch of their pilgrimage. When they stop the leader of the nestors expresses his concern about settling here since they have already traveled 12 hundred miles but the Kid tells them to stay put and let him worry about Bull and his men.
Troubled about local ranchers siding with Bull Brennan, the Rawhide Kid returns to town and questions one of the local ranchers, Fred. Fred tells him that Brennan showed them plans that showed that the settlers planned on taking large tracts of land to build ranches of their own, threatening the other ranches. The Kid tries to reassure Fred that the nestors are not ranchers and have no use for large tracts of land.
Meanwhile, at the nestors camp, Randy Clayton happens by and makes fast friends with the children in the group. Suddenly the camp is attacked by Bull Brennan's men, who set their wagons on fire. Randy rushes off and gets the Rawhide Kid and returns to camp with him. When the leader of the nestors suggests that they leave for more peaceful territory, the Rawhide Kid once more states that he can convince the local ranchers to change their ways.
The Kid and Randy head back into town to see what they can do and they come across some men setting up a barbed wire fence on the free range land. When they ask why they are doing it, they are informed that Bull Brennan bought the land title rights to them. Finding this highly suspicious, they go to the lands record office and discover that the organizer, Jim Halford, has been replaced by another man. Forcing their way to the record books, the Kid finds that Brennan forged signatures in order to take over the land. Suddenly, Brennan and his men force their way into the office and try to take down the Rawhide Kid, but the hero proves to be the better shot, taking the outlaws down. Finding Jim Halford trapped in a closet, he agrees to insure that Brennan and his men go to jail for their crimes.
Appearing in "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5
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- Maze
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Synopsis for "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5
Kid Slade is sent out to hunt down a man named Sam Garr who broke out of prison after 10 year previous on a life sentence. However as he travels along the desert he is spotted by am an named Maze who knows that Kid Slade is no longer an outlaw and secretly works as a US Marshal. Maze wounds the Kid and leaves him in the desert to die. However, the Kid does not die, a few days later he wakes up to find himself under the care of a man named Sam and his son Billy. When the Kid is healthy enough to move around, Sam shows the Kid that he found his US Marshal's star and a wanted poster for Sam Garr. As the Kid recuperates he begins to wonder why Sam and his son are doing on a struggling ranch with no grass or water to sustain the livestock.
One day Maze ends up coming to Sam's ranch looking for Kid Slade, when Sam tries to lie about the Kid's whereabouts, Maze begins to threaten them. The Kid comes rushing out of the cabin and wings Maze sending him into a pen with a wild horse that nearly tramples him to death. The Kid pulls him out but finds him unconscious. Sam reveals that he is really Sam Garr by recognizing Maze as a man who was involved in the robbery he was arrested for. Sam then surrenders to the Kid and just asks to be able to set up Billy right. Taking pity on Sam, he asks how he managed to get caught up in the crime. Sam explains that all those years ago he was tricked into watching Maze's horses while he robbed the bank, he was then left behind to be captured. Sam was then given a life sentence to make an example out of him. However Sam broke out of jail due to the fact that his wife was pregnant with Billy. However she died during child birth and he was forced to raise the boy alone and so he ran off to the edge of the desert to set up his ranch and raise his boy right.
Kid Slade has a surprise for Sam when he reveals that he was sent to find Sam due to the fact that the governor had issued a pardon for his past crimes and then takes Maze into custody to pay for his crimes.
Appearing in "The Winner!"
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5
Synopsis for "The Winner!"
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5
Western tale.
Appearing in "The Fox Strikes!"
Two-Gun Kid #49
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- The Fox
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Synopsis for "The Fox Strikes!"
Two-Gun Kid #49
While riding on the range the Two-Gun Kid comes across what appears to be a posse of men chasing after an old man in trouble. Without hesitation, the Kid comes to the old man's aid, covering his escape from his pursuers. However the Kid soon realizes that he is shooting it out with lawmen and that he has been tricked by the outlaw, and master of disguise, known as the Fox who had just succeeded in robbing the Laramee stage. Knowing the hills where the Fox ran off, the Two-Gun Kid asks to have 24 hours to bring in the Fox by himself and rides off to hunt down the notorious outlaw.
The Kid finds the Fox's trail easy to follow and it leads him to the small town of Gopher Gulch. However his plans of finding the Fox easily are quickly quashed when he learns that there is a rodeo in town that has brought in some 100 strangers. Going to the local saloon as the likely spot for the Fox to blend in the Kid begins his fruitless search for his query. Suddenly Kid finds himself accused of stealing the purse belonging to a woman. Suspecting that the Fox framed him, the Kid tries to get away from the mob when he realizes who the Fox is posing as. Using the chandelier to swing out the window he catches the "woman" as "she" tries to escape. The Fox drops his cover by drawing a gun, the Kid shoots it out of his hand and tries to grab him, pulling the phony wig off his head. When the crowd comes outside to stop his attack they realize that the "woman" is really a man, and when the fox tries to escape, the Kid shoots the straps off his saddle, causing him to fall off his horse. With the Fox taken into custody, he asks how the Kid saw through his disguise. Two-Gun points out that the bartender identified the "woman" as a stranger in town and then he noted that the Fox buttoned his coat like a man -- from right to left, instead of left to right -- giving him away. The Kid then takes the Fox into custody and turns him over to the posse that was after the outlaw.