Tex Ritter Western #5

Tex Ritter is called in as deputy to stop a brewing range war between sheep and cattle ranchers around Pecos Gulch, where a ruthless sheep herder named Drake seems determined to spark bloodshed rather than settle the dispute. When Tex discovers that Drake is manipulating both sides to profit from the conflict, he sets out to bring the opposing factions together for peace—but Drake and his hired guns have other plans. Will Tex be able to prevent the feud from turning into an all-out war before more innocent lives are lost?

A hungry Buffalo Bull spots an easy mark in wealthy Rancher Rawlins and a pigeon, hatching a scheme to sell the bird for fifty dollars by spinning a tall tale about its heroic past. The rancher's skepticism grows as the story becomes increasingly outlandish, but Buffalo Bull's tall-tale logic reaches an absurd climax that leaves him with very different results than he bargained for.

When Tex Ritter stops in Red River, he quickly clashes with Gatling, a ruthless mine operator who's bullying honest prospectors—but before the ranger can leave town, his dog Fury leads him to a murdered man and a kidnapping scheme that reaches back to Gatling's greed. With his partner dead and the other prospector held captive in a mountain hideout, Tex must rely on Fury's sharp wits and his own quick draw to fight his way out and bring the killers to justice.

Loonie Les and a companion find themselves stranded in a scorching desert where their horses have guzzled nearly all their water supply, leaving them desperately thirsty and searching for relief. When the talk turns to what might've been better suited to cross the wasteland, Loonie Les serves up a hilariously warped definition that'll get a groan from any self-respecting cowpoke.