Texas Rangers in Action #25

Ralph Lanier is a Texas Ranger with an unconventional edge—a schooled tenderfoot who doesn't fit the mold of the hardened gunfighters around him, and the outlaws know it. When dangerous men like Bronc Bascom and Tom Dalen underestimate him, Lanier turns their contempt into his greatest weapon, using their arrogance to outmaneuver them where other Rangers have failed. This 1960 adventure shows how brains and preparation can outmatch raw reputation in the Wild West.

When Ranger Lee Summers is caught red-handed taking a bribe from smugglers, he's drummed out of the Rangers in disgrace—but a sympathetic stranger named Cardiff offers him money and friendship during his darkest days. As Summers grows dependent on Cardiff's generosity, he's drawn into revealing the Rangers' patrol positions along the Rio Grande, setting the stage for Cardiff's most ambitious crime yet. Now Summers must decide whether to stay bought or risk everything to expose the criminal operation from the inside.

A wild horse hunter's obsessive pursuit of the magnificent Black Fury strains his relationship with the woman he loves, until a chance encounter forces him to confront what truly matters. When a rival stallion threatens the life of his sweetheart, Black Fury's unexpected heroism becomes the turning point that changes everything. This tale from *Texas Rangers in Action* #25 explores the price of ambition and the beauty of letting go.

Ranger Ben Redmond takes a bushwhacker's bullet two miles from town, leaving the citizens of the area at the mercy of Vick Niessen and his gang—but the wounded lawman's arrival sets off a spark of courage in the townspeople who've been cowed into submission. As honest men discover they still have the backbone to stand up, they rally behind the Ranger to settle accounts with Niessen and his outfit once and for all.

Steve Buford, a Texas Ranger, faces off against the brutish outlaw Big Buck Vesey after taking a brutal beating in town—and when a second confrontation leaves him apparently dead, the determined lawman has one last chance to bring both Vesey and his back-shooting partner Sink Lucas to justice. Battered but far from finished, Buford pursues his quarry into the wilderness for a final reckoning that will test whether grit and skill can overcome overwhelming odds.