Appearing in "When Six-Guns Roar!"
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- Hog Hogan
- The Bolton Gang
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Synopsis for "When Six-Guns Roar!"
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Appearing in "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"
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- Parker Fenn
- Barney Mulloy
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Synopsis for "Kid Slade, Gunfighter"
Kid Slade is called in by governor Anson Clinton to a private meeting with his friend Parker Fenn the president of the Great Western Railroad that is currently building a rail line across the plains. Parker and his secretary Jim Tully explain that the railroad is in trouble due to the fact that they posted a $50,000 bond that the rail construction would reach French Crossing by the end of the month, failure to do so would ruin the company and put it out of business. He explains that the line has been troubled with acts of sabotage, payroll robberies, and rowdy workers getting drunk and fighting. Kid Slade agree to take on the job to be a trouble shooter for the railroad.
Kid uses the fact that his pardon is not well known to his advantage when he pulls into the rail town and goes into the local saloon. His reputation of being an outlaw leads to a fight which catches the attention of King Cabot the owner of the saloon. Cabot invites Slade into his office and offers Kid to join his group that are trying to prevent the railroad from being constructed. The Kid accepts the job and asks who has hired them to do it, but Cabot says it is the biggest stock holder in the Pacific Southwest Railroad. However, soon the rest of the gang comes in and they know about Kid Slade's cover and tell King. With his cover blown, the Kid is quickly subdued and left tied to a chair while the gang goes out to celebrate before killing him. However Kid Slade breaks free and easily subdues the gang while their guard is down. When Parker and Jim Tully arrive at the scene, Kid Slade reveals that Tully was the man who hired King Cabot and his gang, as he was the only other person present in the meeting to know about Kid Slade's double identity. When Tully ties to pull a gun on Slade, the cross-draw wizard is easily able to disarm the elderly Tully and take him into custody. Thanks to Slade, the railroad is completed before the end of the bond deadline.
Appearing in "Two-Gun Kid"
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Synopsis for "Two-Gun Kid"
Riding a stage to Abelene with a grandfather and his son, the Two-Gun Kid is instantly recognized by the boy who idolizes the famous gunslinger. Suddenly their coach stops when a woman runs out into the road asking the driver for help. She explains that her horse threw her and it's caught in a clump of bushes and she needs help freeing it. This turns out to be a ruse as the girl -- named Kitty -- calls her friends Hunk and Spade who have come to rob the coach. After they unload the valuables, the two men decide to kill the witnesses, something that Kitty is against. Spade then forces her to comply.
When the boy asks the Two-Gun Kid why he isn't doing anything, his grandfather tells the boy that all gunslingers are naturally cowards looking out for only themselves. The Kid however goads Kitty into using her shotgun skills to disarm Hunk, wounding his arm. When Spade decides to kill them all, the Kid jumps him and knocks him down. When Spade tells Hunk to shoot the Two-Gun Kid in the back, Hunk shoots Spade instead, realizing that he was using him the whole time. With Spade dead, Hunk and Kitty surrender and the boy and his grandfather have a new respect for 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]