Tex Ritter Western #33

Tex Ritter, a prairie ranger, intercepts a ruthless claim jumper named Gatling who's muscling two miners, King and Howland, for their newly staked silver claim. When Tex defends them at a saloon, Gatling swears revenge—and makes good on it, bushwhacking the partners and kidnapping King in a remote mountain cave. With his trusty dog Fury cutting through the ropes that bind them both, Tex and King must fight their way free and organize a posse to bring Gatling's gang to justice, though tragedy has already struck one of the partners.

When Tex Ritter arrives in Badflats, he finds a young assay clerk named Don Killdare arrested on a shaky theft charge—a frame-up orchestrated by Bull Barton, the ruthless candidate running to become sheriff and take over the town. With only hours before the election, Tex must track down the prospector who made the false accusation and get him to speak the truth, all while outsmarting Barton's gang who are determined to keep both men silenced. It's a race against the clock to save an honest election from the hands of a would-be dictator.

Tex Ritter faces off against Big George Kennedy, a ruthless land pirate who's hired a loudmouthed gunslinger named Trigger Ames to provoke the Prairie Ranger into a fight—but Kennedy's real plan involves a deadly cross-fire ambush. When Ritter sees through the setup and refuses to take the bait, Kennedy makes his own play, forcing Tex to prove why he's earned his reputation.

A fellow confronts Hill Billy after purchasing a horse that expires during the ride home, only to discover that the wily seller's original promise—that the animal wouldn't give him any trouble—technically still holds true. This one-page western comedy mines humor from a slick salesman's letter-of-the-law guarantee, turning a customer's worst nightmare into a perfectly fulfilled contract.

When a mysterious stranger named Steve Cabot saves Trudy from a snake, Ted and Trudy are charmed—until they spot a wanted poster for the "Gringo Kid," a notorious outlaw terrorizing the canyon country. As evidence mounts against Steve, Ted and Trudy struggle with doubt, convinced that a man who'd risk his life for them couldn't be a cold-blooded criminal. But when robberies keep happening even after Steve's arrest, the youngsters must ride into danger themselves to uncover the truth about who the real Terror of the Canyon really is.