Rocky Lane Western #47

Rocky Lane discovers a devastated town and a dying guard who confesses his treachery: he accepted gold to let a renegade Indian band raid the local arsenal for weapons and ammunition, which they've now turned on innocent townspeople. Racing against time to stop the marauders before they attack the next settlement, Rocky devises a desperate plan—disguising himself in stolen Indian garb to infiltrate the gang and sabotage their ammunition wagon with dynamite he's scavenged from the ruins. With his horse Black Jack by his side, the secret marshal must navigate the perils of deception and darkness to prevent another massacre.

When Sagebrush heads to town for a show with a hilariously modern title, he stumbles into a frontier world where old-fashioned slang is getting a contemporary makeover—with some pretty painful results for those caught in the shuffle. This 1953 western-humor tale pokes fun at how "advancing times" are reshaping even the roughest corners of the Old West.

When a masked gunman commits murder at a taxidermist's shop, he hides the body inside a stuffed bear that Rocky Lane had ordered as a gift for his friend's new inn. As the dead bear makes its way to the Big Bear Inn, Rocky begins to suspect something is terribly wrong—and the killer grows increasingly desperate to retrieve it before the marshal discovers what's really stuffed inside.

Dee Dickens heads to the barber shop without a cent in his pocket, figuring he can complain his way out of paying for a haircut and shave. What he doesn't anticipate is that the barber has his own brand of frontier humor—complete with questionable pricing schemes, a razor that doubles as a can opener, and absolutely no patience for a freeloader's sass. By the time Dee leaves, he's learned a hard lesson about trying to get something for nothing.

When jealous killer Trig Gates threatens to murder any man who dares court the schoolteacher Betty Sue, Rocky Lane devises a daring trap: he'll pose as her new boyfriend to draw the desperate outlaw out of hiding. But as Rocky orchestrates their public romance to bait the killer, danger closes in from an unexpected direction, and the marshal must race against time to stop a tragedy unfolding behind closed doors.