A one-shot revival, Strange Westerns Starring the Black Rider appeared in 2006, with a story by Steve Englehart and art by Marshall Rogers.

His criminal career ended one day at the Last Chance Saloon in Jefferson County, Texas, when he faced the David Gang, who had taken the town hostage.

The governor pardoned the young outlaw as a reward for getting rid of the Davis Gang, and the Cactus Kid promised to go to medical school and become a doctor.

[5] He began cleaning Leadville of outlaws, and then he expanded his actions all across the West, acting as medic of the frontier, becoming very famous acrros the land.

There he receives help from a mysterious Chinese man, who is eventually revealed to be a younger version of the Ancient One, future mentor of the occult superhero Doctor Strange.

[9] The civilian name of the Black rider was translated as "Heron Robledo" from Matthew Masters and his horse was called "Molenga" instead of "Ichabod".

When the American material from Marvel ended, Rio Grafica began to created original stories produced by Brazilian authors (since issue #79).

The stories continued to be a one-shot adventures, but longer and more complex, with a more serious tone in the last ones, exploring the later life of the Black Rider, who (like Gringo) began to wander the West again and defended the outcasts of western society like indians, mexicans, and chinese.