Six-Gun Heroes #11

When a man claiming to be the nephew of a recently deceased hermit shows up to inherit a newly discovered gold mine, Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy grows suspicious of his convenient timing and fabricated story. Through clever detective work—checking records and questioning train conductors—Hopalong uncovers that the stranger murdered the hermit and jumped aboard a moving train to fake an alibi, all to claim a fortune that was never rightfully his. Justice catches up with the impostor when he's cornered at the jailhouse and forced to face the sheriff's iron fist.

When a miner named Sam brags about three valuable diamonds he's received as a reward, he unwittingly attracts the attention of a ruthless gang of outlaws who'll stop at nothing to steal them. Roving Marshal Lash LaRue arrives in Gopher Hill to investigate a tip-off, only to find Sam beaten and the bandits tearing his house apart searching for the hidden stones. Now Lash must outwit the desperate criminals and their plans to silence both him and Sam before they escape with the diamonds.

When the Jones Brothers learn about a gold shipment heading out on a new railroad, they hijack the train and knock out the crew—but their plan goes hilariously off the rails when Smiley Burnette's spooked horse lands him on the locomotive itself. As Smiley tangles with the iron horse in a cloud of smoke and confusion, he accidentally uncovers the brothers' scheme and saves the gold in the most roundabout way possible.

A dentist tries every trick in the book to extract a stubborn tooth from Lamebrain Lem, who can't seem to keep his mouth open when it counts—until an unexpected jab forces his jaw wide and gives the doc his opening. What should be a simple procedure turns into a comedy of errors when the patient discovers the pain went places he never anticipated.

Rocky Lane catches a murderer and testifies to his guilt, but the outlaw escapes custody during a daring jail break—forcing Rocky to pursue him out of town and uncover the shocking truth behind the crime. When Speedy's desperate flight leads to a confrontation that exposes the real architect of the murder, Rocky must act fast to bring both the hired killer and his employer to justice.