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Six-Gun Heroes #27

Jun 1954 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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In this Tex Ritter story, a bank president reveals that gold has been hidden in the vault, and criminals plot to steal it by robbing a stagecoach. When the robbery fails, the thieves attempt an elaborate trap involving a showboat to lure Tex into an ambush at Sheriff Shaw's office, but their scheme backfires when they shoot a dummy instead of their target. Tom Mix arrives to help capture the criminals as the outlaws are foiled in their final attempt to eliminate the lawmen.

Contains 4 stories

Stolen Honor

7 pp · Western-Frontier

Roving Marshal Lash Larue arrives in Sombreland Territory to restore order and protect its citizens—but a cunning outlaw named Granger has other plans. When Granger engineers a scheme to make the Marshal look incompetent, Lash's prized bullwhip vanishes, and with it, the town's faith in his ability to keep them safe. Now Lash must track down his stolen whip and expose Granger's racket before the desperate townspeople turn to the protection scheme themselves.

Scheming Killer

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Tex Ritter arrives at the Rocking Bar X to investigate a series of safe robberies, only to discover that ranch owner Jake Hayes has been murdered and the evidence points to Chet Martin, the only other person who knows the safe's combination. When Tex devises a clever trap using mud to catch the thief, things spiral into a dangerous web of deception—Gaines, a trusted ranch hand, manipulates events to frame Chet and silence him permanently. Tex must see through the scheme before an innocent man pays the ultimate price for crimes he didn't commit.

The Non-Profit Bank Robbers

7 pp · Western-Frontier

Rocky Lane stumbles onto a peculiar crime spree when a sleepy frontier town gets hit by bank robbers who seem determined to put gold *into* the vault instead of taking it out. The undercover marshal's keen eye catches details that don't add up—especially after a mysterious ticket and a bullet wound to the back of his head point to corruption running deeper than simple theft. With his wits and his six-guns, Rocky unravels a slick swindle that threatens to slip through the fingers of the law.

The Crime Showboat

9 pp · Western-Frontier

When a traveling showboat rolls into the frontier town of Dobie, Tom Mix spots a connection between the performers and a series of robberies—but proving it means unraveling a clever scheme hidden within the scripts themselves. With help from Sheriff Mike Shaw, Tom pieces together how the criminals used their stage roles to slip away and commit crimes, then slip back before anyone noticed. It's a mystery that turns the showboat's nightly performances into the perfect alibi—until Tom discovers where the stolen loot is really hidden.