Tex Ritter Western #21

When a rodeo accident at Mule Creek Junction puts rider Ace Magner in Tex Ritter's debt, the prairie ranger uncovers a crooked scheme: rodeo boss Dirk Baxter has been rigging competition outcomes and forcing riders to kick back their winnings. As Tex moves to expose the racket, Baxter's desperation turns deadly—murder follows, and Tex must navigate both a killer and a final day of rodeo competition where danger lurks at every turn. With Tex stepping in as pickup man for the finals, everything comes down to whether he can protect Ace long enough to see justice done.

Tex Ritter, the fearless prairie ranger, finds himself caught between a gunslinger's schemes and a man's mysterious refusal to fight for his own land. When Buck Dexter's hired guns threaten to overrun the valley, Tex must uncover the truth behind Fred Graham's peaceful stance—and convince a disillusioned young man that there's more to courage than the speed of a draw. Ride along as Tex faces an attack that will test whether a man without a gun can truly be called a coward.

Slim Pickens has borrowed money to open a western restaurant, and he's determined to make it work—even if his cooking methods and business sense are hilariously questionable. When a customer stops by looking for a meal, Slim's rapid-fire wisecracks and absurd explanations about his operation (including a gorilla cook and creative takes on soup) test the visitor's patience and appetite in equal measure. It's a four-page romp through frontier humor where the real question isn't whether the food is edible, but whether Slim can talk his way out of trouble.