Lash Larue Western #64

# Lash LaRue Western #64 (1957) The issue contains two stories. "Jackpot Empire" features Lash LaRue using his bullwhip to bring outlaws to justice, dealing with a conflict over a valuable cattle ranch called the Jackpot Empire that was won in a high-stakes poker game; the story involves hired gunmen working for Fingers Olera who seek to eliminate those connected to the ranch. "The Changing Ranch" is a text story about Helen Cooper arriving at the Bar-X Ranch during a crisis: the ranch owner Mike Gunter faces a $20,000 mortgage payment due on the twenty-eighth of the month with insufficient funds, threatening the future of the property as Old Man Pulver waits to take over once the mortgage deadline passes.