Lash La Rue Western #63

When old Jeremiah Banks dies, a dispute over his land pits desperate farmers against ruthless cattleman Elmo Dalles—and Lash LaRue finds himself caught between a brewing range war and the dead man's elegant sister, Miss Cora, who's caught the eye of the very man accused of forcing her brother's hand. As violence spreads across the valley, Lash begins to wonder if the Boston woman's sudden interest in flowers and hidden springs might hide a shrewder purpose than anyone suspected.

Wagon-Wheels crashes a frontier powwow to weigh in on the greatest invention ever made—and while the fellas are all convinced it's the wheel, one stubborn hombre makes a surprisingly practical case for the humble safety pin. This 1957 one-pager serves up pure western wit, proving that sometimes the simplest tools win the day.

Lash LaRue arrives in a small mining town following a killer's trail and discovers that the supposedly upright Law and Order League—led by Jeb Langly—is actually behind a series of robberies plaguing the area. When Langly and his cohorts try to silence Lash by trapping him in a mine with dynamite, the quick-thinking marshal must escape and expose the criminal operation before they flee town with their stolen goods.

When notorious outlaw Dude Vickers robs the town bank and flees toward the river, Lash LaRue pursues him with a posse—but Vickers appears to go over the falls rather than surrender. While everyone else declares him dead, Lash suspects the tough hombre survived and sets a clever trap, keeping Vickers's prized saddle and guns in plain sight at the office as bait. When the outlaw can't resist returning for his valuable belongings, Lash is ready to settle accounts once and for all.

Earnie Bugle, the fearless editor of Earnie's Bugle, rides into the lawless town of Lawless City looking for a good story—and finds himself face-to-face with Black Mack and his gang of owlhoots who have run roughshod over the town. When Earnie's typewriter and quick thinking create an unexpected advantage, he challenges Black Mack to a high-stakes pool game with control of the town on the line. Watch as the clever newshawk uses his wits to outsmart the outlaws and restore order to one of the West's wildest communities.