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Crack Western #66 (1950)
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When a mysterious, romantic outlaw known as El Banditto stages a daring holdup at Leaning Rock Canyon, Arizona Raines arrives on the scene to track him down—only to discover the bandit’s trail leads back to the very inn where a young woman named Conchita once exchanged a rose with a dashing stranger. As Raines pieces together clues from a discarded hat and a hidden rose, he begins to suspect that Conchita may know more than she lets on, setting off a tense game of wits between the lawman and the woman caught between loyalty and love.
Cole Yates, a newly discharged army man, arrives in Dead Canyon seeking his cousin Rupe, only to find a bitter feud between the YATES and NOEL families. Drawn into the violence, he encounters Penny Noel, a sharpshooting woman who challenges his intentions—but soon, both are caught in a web of ambushes and betrayals. As the truth about the shooting begins to unravel, Cole must navigate suspicion, loyalty, and a shocking secret that turns the feud on its head.
In the latest installment of *Crack Western*, Marshal Bob Allen races to protect the next gold shipment after a stagecoach heist leaves one guard dead and the gold stolen. With the stagecoach now under suspicion and a mysterious figure posing as the marshal, Allen must outwit a cunning double agent before the next shipment is lost.