Tom Mix Western #60

When Cowboy Cal refuses to share details about his new sweetheart, his buddy takes offense—but a misunderstanding about who told whom what quickly spirals into a hilarious tangle of conflicting promises and hurt feelings. In this short, snappy tale from 1953, a simple secret becomes impossible to keep when friendship and loose lips collide on the frontier.

Tom Mix races against a spreading forest fire to sound an alarm and rescue a trapped friend from a well, but his heroic efforts draw the attention of a fleeing killer who'll stop at nothing to escape justice. With the inferno raging and his quarry making a desperate dash for the border, Tom must pursue the murderer across treacherous mountain terrain before he slips beyond the reach of the law.

Tom Mix accepts a simple task: escort a prisoner named Caroline Marston to the sheriff in the next county—until the woman escapes en route, leading him to discover she's the leader of an entire gang of female bandits holed up in the hills. Outnumbered and honor-bound not to raise his fists against women, Tom must rely on his wits to bring the whole outfit to justice.

When the boss orders Saddlehead to pick up some window screens in town, our hapless hero offers a "helpful" alternative—his own foolproof method for making them. This quick comedic tale plays with the kind of literal-minded logic that makes Saddlehead such an irresistible character in the pages of Tom Mix Western.

Jeeter's talking horse Preposterous keeps him awake late into the night with an endless stream of jokes and tall tales about his day visiting an old friend's ranch—each story more absurd than the last. As Jeeter desperately tries to get some sleep, Preposterous refuses to stop sharing anecdotes about the eccentric antics he witnessed, and the crafty horse has a scheme brewing all along. This 1953 Western humor tale plays the classic setup of a tired straight man getting worn down by a relentless jokester who won't take the hint.

Tom Mix agrees to deliver a mysterious package to the mayor of Dobie, but a pair of outlaws are determined to steal it for themselves—not realizing it contains life-saving cattle serum with only twenty-four hours before it spoils. When the thieves make their move at the mayor's office, Tom springs into action to track them down and recover the package before the ranchers can be inoculated against disease.