Kid Colt Outlaw #63

Rampage

Riding through town at night, Kid Colt is ambushed by two men who knock him off his horse. Kid Colt puts on a decent fight until a third attacker knocks him out with a blow to the back of the head. The Kid is taken to their leader, Shag Marcy, who is pleased to hear that the man they have captured is a fighter. When Kid Colt comes around, Shag tells the Kid that from now on, he works for Marcy. When Colt refuses to submit to Shag, he orders his men to leave him tied up in the barn for the night. Left alone, Kid Colt manages to free himself from his bonds. That’s when he discovers that Shag Marcy and his men are gone. That’s because Marcy and his army of outlaws are out plundering nearby towns. Following Marcy’s trail, Kid Colt sees the destruction that these outlaws have left in their wake.

Meeting with the local sheriff, Kid Colt tries to figure out how to stop this gang. The Kid deduces that the gang will only follow a strong leader and decides to compromise his leadership. Learning that the gang also hangs out at the abandoned ranch near Snake Rock, Kid Colt goes to stake out the location. After confirming that the gang is holed up there, Kid Colt rides back to town and convinces a passing stagecoach driver for some help. With the horses from the coach, Kid Colt is able to bring down the grain silo that the outlaws are hiding in. Kid Colt then quickly disarms the outlaws of their firearms with his superior shooting skills. Because the other outlaws were governed by fear of Shag Marcy, they quickly surrender when Kid Colt shows dominance over their leader. With that, the outlaws are all arrested.

Recurring Characters

Kid Colt, Steel

Rustlers Moon!

In the town of Faro, Kid Colt witnesses as Chuck Plummer comes riding into town with guns blazing. Quick thinking, Kid Colt manages to snare Plummer in his lasso. Chuck begins to struggle, demanding the Kid let him go as he intends to clean up this crooked town once and for all. When Plummer tries to fight, Kid Colt pushes him into a horse trough to try and cool him off. Pulling Plummer into a nearby alley, Kid Colt calms him down enough to get Chuck to talk about what’s bothering him. Chuck explains that Faro is run by an outlaw named Duke Costa who has been constantly targeting Plummer by raiding his herds, burning his range, and has been a victim of looting and plunders. Kid Colt warns that Duke Costa is a slick customer that isn’t going to be easy to bring down and agrees to help Chuck put an end to Costa’s tyranny.

Meanwhile, one of Duke Costa’s minions tells him about the man who stopped Chuck Plummer’s rampage and impressed by what he hears, decides to offer this man membership in his gang. That’s when Kid Colt comes into the saloon and pushes men out of his way as he walks up to the bar. When they try to shoot him from behind, Kid Colt whirls around and shoots the gun out of his hands. Seeing this further convinces Costa that he really needs Kid Colt in his gang and orders his men to get him to see him before he wrecks the entire bar. When he is approached, Kid Colt agrees to talk to Costa. When the pair are together, Kid Colt insists he is a lone wolf but is willing to work with Costa if he gets a 50/50 cut of every take. He learns that Duke intends of robbing another herd from Chuck Plummer in an effort to force him into selling his spread for cheap. Kid Colt is told that he already sent his two trusted men, Luke Darrow and Shorty Burns, to do the job. After hearing this master plan, Kid Colt suddenly draws his guns and tells Costa that he is finished. He then forces Costa and his men to surrender.

Racing out to Chuck Plummer’s ranch, Kid Colt arrives just in time to stop Darrow and Burns from terrorizing Plummer’s ranch.

Recurring Characters

Kid Colt, Steel

Six-Gun Extra!

Kid Colt ambushes the Saddlehorn Stage after it has been taken over by stage jumpers. After bringing the stolen stage to a halt, Kid Colt is thanked by Jeb Lowry, the only passenger on the coach. After sending the two jumpers walking, Kid Colt promises to bring Jeb all the way to Saddlehorn. When he asks why the men were trying to take over his stage, Jeb figures that since he is a newspaperman someone doesn’t want him starting a newspaper in Saddlehorn. He tells the Kid how he bought the defunct town newspaper in St. Louis earlier ignoring warnings from others not to buy it because the town is run by an outlaw named Jake Gibbons.

When they arrive in town, they find a gang of thugs wrecking the equipment in the Saddlehorn Bugle building. After tossing the men out on their ears, Kid Colt begins asking locals to come and work for the Bugle, but everyone is too afraid of Jake Gibbons to work at the paper. Undaunted, Jeb Lowry insists on getting his paper printed even if he has to work on it all by himself. When Jake Gibbons pays a personal visit to the paper, Kid Colt is there to drive the mobster and his thugs out of town, securing the Bugle’s ability to print newspapers in Saddlehorn.

Recurring Characters

Kid Colt

Counter-Ambush

Learning that he is being trailed, Kid Colt ambushes his pursers and demands to know what they want. However, the two men — Bart Holly and Shim Anders — refuse to talk, forcing Kid Colt to search them for clues. He discovers that these men did time in prison for cattle rustling and were only recently discharged for serving their time. The men then admit that they are broke and were planning on ambushing Kid Colt and robbing him to tide them over until they are able to get a job. Keeping their weapons, Kid Colt unties the men and tells them to beat it. Among their papers, Kid Colt discovers that the two outlaws have plans detailing how to rob the Sierra Bank. Once the two men enter town they wonder how they are going to pull off their bank job without guns. The solution comes to one of them and later that evening they break into the local gunshop and steal some guns.

The following morning, some of the locals discover that the bank has been robbed. The only clue as to the identities of the robbers comes when their discarded guns are found. These guns have tags from Jake Banner’s blacksmith and gun shop. When they question Jake, he denies robbing the bank but is the only suspect and is arrested. Soon, Kid Colt arrives in town and warns the sheriff about Holly and Anders, handing over the plans to the bank that they were going ot use. This proves that Jake Banner is innocent, but now they have to locate the two men responsible for the bank robbery.

Kid Colt discovers the two outlaws that are hiding in the cellar of Banner’s shop. When the outlaws refuse to come out, Kid Colt sets a barrel of tar on fire and kicks it down into the cellar to smoke them out. Unable to breathe, Holly and Anders surrender and are taken into custody. Released from jail, Jake Banner thanks Kid Colt for clearing his name.

Recurring Characters

Kid Colt, Steel