Tom Mix Western #3

When a fired ranch hand seeks revenge on Tom Mix by setting forest fires, he unknowingly traps the forest ranger in a tower engulfed in flames. Tom must race through the inferno to rescue Dawson before the entire structure collapses, all while the fire threatens to consume the TM Bar Ranch and the town of Dobie.

In "Iron Headed," Cowboy Cal offers his neighbor a creative—if dubious—solution to a mouse infestation: feed the rodents iron-rich food, then use a magnet to round them up. The humor lies in the sheer absurdity of the scheme and whether it could possibly work.

When outlaws Scarface and Hank kidnap Doc Greene and demand he perform surgery to erase the scar that makes Scarface recognizable, they don't count on Tom Mix overhearing their scheme at the remote sawmill hideout. As the desperate criminals force the reluctant doctor to prepare for the operation, Tom must find a way to stop them before the scalpel comes down—and he's got a clever idea involving the very instruments they're counting on.

Tom Mix stumbles upon a brutal ambush and rescues a rancher named Bud Wright from a ruthless opponent known as the Whip, who's been using an unfair advantage to claim exclusive rights to a shared creek. After checking the land records in Bell City, Tom races back to stop an armed confrontation—but discovers the Whip will go to any lengths, including murder, to settle the dispute. With quick thinking and gunplay, Tom exposes the truth and forces a reckoning on equal terms.

Tumbleweed Jr. decides to skip school to avoid facing his unfinished homework, hiding in the woods and then staging an increasingly frantic escape through nature when he spots what he believes is his teacher on his tail. What he doesn't realize is that all his dodging, splashing, and tree-climbing has been for nothing—and the day's real lesson hits harder than any branch ever could.

Tom Mix stumbles upon a violent confrontation in Dobie when a drifter named Simmons strikes a young woman—who claims he's actually the murderer Hank Jeeters, wanted for crimes back East. When Tom investigates, the man produces his elderly father to vouch for his identity, but a mysterious assassination attempt on the woman forces Tom to dig deeper, leading him to Old Ted's ranch where the truth finally emerges. This 1948 tale blends frontier justice with a mystery that demands Tom's sharp instincts to uncover.