Tex Ritter Western #40

Apr 1958 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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Tex Ritter pursues a dangerous criminal named Red Koler, who has stolen gold and fled into the territory. After a week of pursuit with minimal progress, Tex tracks Koler to a town where the outlaw has holed up in the marshal's room. During a tense confrontation in which Koler attempts to use dynamite to retrieve the hidden gold from a mine, Tex intervenes and defeats the criminal in a climactic struggle, recovering the stolen treasure.

Contains 5 stories

Scared But Dangerous

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Tex Ritter faces a tense situation when two nervous bank robbers hold up the local bank in broad daylight—and the Prairie Ranger must make a dangerous choice to keep innocent bystanders safe. Unable to act while women and children crowd the bank, Tex lets the frightened outlaws escape, then carefully tracks them down, waiting for the right moment to make his move when no one else is in danger. It's a lesson in patience and caution against two young guns who are far more dangerous precisely because they're terrified.

Warrior in Exile

5 pp · Western-Frontier

A warrior's moment of pride becomes his greatest shame when a crooked trader named Taft Buckley manipulates Loping Wolf into signing away his tribe's valuable grazing lands. When Tex Ritter learns the truth behind the swindle, he sets out to find proof of Buckley's treachery—but the ruthless businessman will stop at nothing to keep his crimes hidden.

Make Mine Rare

1 pp · Humor

A ranch cook's patience wears thin when Grizzly Jones's demands for ever-rarer steaks grow increasingly unreasonable—with comical consequences for the whole outfit. This lighthearted Western takes a humorous look at what happens when one man's pickiness goes too far.

Two Guns for Laredo

6 pp · Western-Frontier

A new U.S. Marshal arrives in Laredo to help Sheriff Barnes stand against the notorious Fred Koler gang, but when the lawmen discover the Marshal meeting secretly with Koler himself, they must decide whether to trust him or suspect betrayal. As the three-day deadline approaches and Koler rides into town with his gang, the Marshal's true strategy and surprising connection to the outlaw leader are revealed in the gunfight that follows.

Danger Below

7 pp · Western-Frontier

When a gold-laden wagon crashes through a trestle over a treacherous river, Tex Ritter dives into the raging current to help—only to discover the mine owner Grant Kolter may be hiding something far darker than a lost fortune. As Tex investigates the flooded gold and searches Kolter's books for answers, a series of suspicious accidents and deadly ambushes reveal a scheme involving fraud and murder that goes much deeper than anyone realized.