Weird Western Tales # 14 - Killers Die Alone

When Iron Jaws is bit fighting a rattler snake, Jonah takes the wounded animal to the nearest town to find a doctor. Jonah convinces the doctor to treat his wolf, when he literally throws the doctors current patient out a window. This patient, recognizing Hex, goes to tell a gunsel named Butcher and his brother Dave, two men who have a vendetta against Hex for killing their brother.
The two manage to get the drop on Hex as he's leaving the doctors office, and knock him by hitting him in the back of the head with the butt of a gun. Taking Hex out into the desert, they tie him to the ground and leave him to bake in the sun, as they leave Hex overhears that Butcher is afraid of dieing alone. Iron Jaws, in spite of his injuries and inability to use it's hind legs, manages to track down Hex and free him. Succeeding in freeing Hex, the animal dies due to the experience.
Mad as hell, Hex returns to town to learn that Butcher and Dave had held up a conductors box and skipped town while he was tied up tracks them down to a stagecoach heading East. Chasing them into the desert, Hex shoots Dave dead, and continues to track Butcher. Butcher is attacked by a mountain lion and manages to kill the beast, however not before it seriously injured his leg. Being found by Hex, Butcher begs him to take him back into town. Hex only points out that the mountain lion had rabies, and that he'd be dead in hours. When Butcher begs not to be left to die alone, Hex obliges him by leaving him the dead body of Dave to keep him company.