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Appearing in "Strong-Man"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Rawhide Kid #26

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  • Strong-Man Slade

Synopsis for "Strong-Man"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Rawhide Kid #26
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Appearing in "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #8
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Synopsis for "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Kid Slade, Gunfighter #8

Kid Slade is in the town of Cottonwood that has slipped into lawlessness after sheriff Cal Sloane retired from the job. Getting into an altercation with a gang of outlaws in a saloon, Slade easily outshoots them and holds them until the new sheriff, Tom Sloane comes to pick them up. Kid Slade tells Tom that he has come to town to take down Wolf Perry and his gang.

Having been wounded, the Kid goes to the local doctor to get patched up and asks why Cal Sloane retired from being a lawman. Sloane himself arrives and tells the Kid what happened. After many years of service he put away an outlaw named Black Perry. However Perry broke out of prison to try and get revenge. By this time the elderly Sloane had developed arthritis in his hands and was unable to draw a gun like he used to. During a showdown with Perry, his hands froze up and he was unable to defend himself. If it had not been for the timely intervention from an arriving Calvary, Sloane would have been killed however the incident caused the locals to lose faith in his bravery.

When Wolf Perry -- Black Perry's son -- returned to town to get revenge against his father's capture, it prompts Sloane to go out into action one more time when Tom is wounded. It appears that Sloane has regained his deadly shooting skills forcing Wolf and his gang to retreat, entirely unaware that the shots were really coming from Kid Sloan, who was firing from the shadows to insure that Sloane wins the fight.

Appearing in "My Gun for Hire!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Two-Gun Kid #51

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Synopsis for "My Gun for Hire!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Two-Gun Kid #51

The Two-Gun Kid is riding along the range when he is charged at by a posse of men who think that he is part of Jess Murdock's hired guns. The Kid holds them off with his gun-fighting skills but soon realizes that he fight is a stalemate and holds up a flag of truce to find out what's going on. He meets with the posse's leader Sam Klaw of the Circle-K Ranch who tells the Kid that he is in a range war with Jess Murdock and thought that the Kid was one of his men. The Kid tells Klaw that he isn't hired by anybody, but admits that he is flat broke and is looking for work. Klaw hires him on the spot but his ranch hand Bull tries to convince his boss that Two-Gun will be of no use to them. When the Kid mocks Bull, the gruff man lands a blow on the Kid and a fight breaks out between the two. However the Two-Gun Kid proves to be the better fighter and easily beats Bull convincing Klaw and his employees that Two-Gun is suited for the job. The Kid then declines the job, telling Klaw that his guns are not for sale. Sam tells the Kid that he doesn't want him as a gunman, but to run his cattle so he is sure what side Two-Gun is on.

The next day the Two-Gun Kid is on the job helping Klaw and his men move their cattle when Sam spots two people riding in the distance and orders his men to shoot them. The Kid protests this, telling Klaw that he is ordering them to commit flat out murder. The Kid pressures Sam into letting him talk to the trespassers and rides off to meet them. The two riders try to flee, but the Kid manages to tackle one of them and is shocked to find that it is a girl. He calms them down and learns that the girl is Jess Murdock's daughter Jean, and the man is Tom Clark, his foremen -- the only people working with Murdock. Jean tells the Two-Gun Kid that Sam Klaw is trying to force her father to sell his land, by force if necessary and that they have been finding proof to bring to the sheriff.

Realizing that he has been tricked, the Two-Gun Kid goes back to Sam Klaw and returns the money he's been paid. Realizing that the Kid must have been told the truth, Klaw orders his men to shoot the Kid down, but the Two-Gun Kid is faster at the draw and easily shoots the guns out of his opponents hands. Out gunned, the hired guns flee leaving Sam Klaw without his personal army, the Kid then threatens to shoot Klaw if he does not agree to sign a confession. The Kid then turns it over to Jean who thanks him. However Tom Clark says that the Kid doesn't need her thanks, that gunmen like him are only motivated by money. The Kid rides off without a word, not bothering to tell them that he gave up a months wages in order to stop Sam Klaw, but figures that is a reality he has to endure so long as he is known as the Two-Gun Kid.

Notes

  • Two-Gun Kid Clay Harder was renamed here as "Matt Hawk" despite the total incoherence. Later accounts stablish that in Earth 616 exists duplicated accounts of both Harder and Hawk adventures (possibly because of dime novel neglect) and that the Clay Harder account has more validity.[1]

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