History
The Western Kid is awoken by Lightning to witness the so-called "Badmen" -- old outlaws thought to be either incarcerated or dead -- riding on along the range: Black Bart Dongan, Hal North, and the Wayne Brothers. Rushing down to intercept them, the Kid is thrown from his horse when Whirlwind trips on a rock along the ridge they are riding down. Confronted by the Badmen, he learns that they intend to hunt down and kill Doc Halloway, the man responsible for putting them in jail years ago. Tex tries to convince them to swear off their violent ways telling them that the west has change and the law of the gun is no longer in place. Black Bart and his men then send Tex packing under a hail of bullets. The Kid retreats in order to go to Gulch Rock and warn Doc Halloway.
When arriving in town he finds that Doc Halloway has not aged well and that the locals think he is going feeble ever since he started sitting outside waiting for his old enemies to show up the day before. Tex then tells him that somehow Doc is right and that Black Bart and his men are on their way. This causes Doc to stand upright and fill him with determination to stop his old enemies.
When Black Bart and his men first arrive, Tex gets into a fist fight with Bart and easily trounces him. He then flees the scene, and while Lightning keeps the other outlaws at bay, Doc Halloway seemingly shoots the guns out of their hands. Soon the townspeople rally together and out number the outlaws forcing them to stand down. While everyone celebrates Doc's shooting, none are aware that the Western Kid was secretly shooting out the guns from his hidden vantage point.[1]