Tex Ritter Western #42

When a bushwhacked candidate for sheriff has to sit out the election, Tex Ritter reluctantly accepts the tin badge as a temporary stand-in—only to find himself caught between two factions fighting for control of the town of Deer's End. As the votes are cast and the truth about the attack begins to surface, Tex must decide what the sheriff's badge really means to him, and whether he'll use it to serve justice or politics.

When a drifter accidentally injures Gold Valley's hope for a championship fight against the brutal fighter Mace—property of the crooked saloon owner Cross Calhoun—the desperate miners force him to step into the ring himself. Tex Ritter must go toe-to-toe with Calhoun's enforcer while his clever dog Fury plays a crucial role in exposing the criminal scheme behind the valley's stolen gold and rigged bets. It's a high-stakes bout where the real fight isn't just in the ring.

When a dude outlaw with an obsession for fancy boots escapes prison and heads straight for a bootmaker in Gila Bend, Texas Ranger Cinch Bender is waiting—convinced that Dude Allen's vanity will be his undoing. Allen's taste for the finest hundred-dollar boots leads him back into town for one last score, but Bender is already positioned to make sure this showdown ends the only way it can. A sharp tale about how pride and obsession can derail even the best-laid escape plans.

Tex Ritter heads to Apache country to buy horses, but Chief Tomasco wants guns instead of gold—and when Tex discovers the rifles are dangerously defective, he realizes returning them could mean the difference between peace and all-out war on the frontier. Racing against time, Tex tracks down the crooked gunrunners in the nearby town of Malpais before the Apaches can exact their revenge.

When a hungry wolf pack sets its sights on White Cloud, Tex Ritter's faithful stallion companion, Fury the dog must act fast to save his partner from certain doom. Faced with impossible odds, Fury challenges the pack's leader to single combat, gambling everything on a desperate gamble of teeth and cunning in the snow.

Pawnee Bill, a skilled mountain man, sets out with his partner Pancho to track down a clever fur thief who's been stealing otter pelts without leaving a trace—a mystery that points to someone far craftier than the typical rustler. When the pair discovers that their suspect uses an unconventional method to ambush trappers, the hunt leads them on a dangerous pursuit through the wilderness. Justice in these mountains, as Pawnee Bill learns, often comes in unexpected forms.