Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #1
In "Fraud on the Hoof," The Durango Kid, aka Steve Brand, rides into Gun Hammer Gulch to uncover a devious scheme: a banker using hired guns to stage robberies at his own bank, driving local ranchers into ruin so he can buy their land cheap. Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Joe Certa, this 1949 western thriller blends sharp plotting with the rugged honesty of the frontier, all wrapped in a cover by Joe Certa.
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In Gun Hammer Gulch, Steve Brand, a.k.a. The Durango Kid, exposes and defeats Jagger, a banker who has hired gunmen to rob money from his own bank in order to cause local ranchers to go broke, whereupon Jagger buys up their properties cheap.
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