Mighty Marvel Western Vol 1 23

As the Rawhide Kid and Randy Clayton are out riding a young man named Billy Tappan tries to take a shot at the Kid, but Randy spots the shooter and quickly ropes him up before he can fire. The sheriff is called in and the young man accuses the Rawhide Kid of rustling his family's cattle and burning down their barn ten years ago. The Kid tells Sheriff Yarby to lock the boy up because his claims are crazy. However the Kid is not so sure when Hank Barlow of the Square B ranch approaches him and demands to know where the Kid hid his cattle, however the Kid maintains that he is innocent. Still uncertain though, the Rawhide Kid then goes into town and turns himself over to Sheriff Yarby. Meanwhile, unaware that the Rawhide Kid has turned himself in to the authorities, Randy spots some smoke not far from their ranch and goes to investigate. There he finds an outlaw named Crack who looks identical to the Rawhide Kid branding a stolen cow. Unaware that this is not his mentor, Randy soon realizes his error when he realizes that he is a rustler and tries to escape. Randy is roped up but he orders his horse King to ride into town and get help. The horse does just that and Ben Yarby frees the Rawhide Kid to help get Randy out of trouble. They follow King back to where Randy is being kept prisoner and they soon realize the truth. The Rawhide Kid easily out-shoots his look-alike and Yarby takes him prisoner, clearing the Rawhide Kid's name.

Kid Colt foils an attempted robbery of the Calico Bank then tasks himself with transporting the criminals to Huntersville for trial. Along the way to to Huntersville he tricks the gang's leader into attempting to free his men whom seemingly escaped custody. What Clip Malloy didn't know was was that one of his men was actually the Kid himself who pretended to be one of the gang in order to lure them out. Kid Colt left Calico with three prisoners when he made it to Huntersville he had six.

To the Rurales, he was just another wild gringo!

Western tale.