Roundup #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Roundup" #1 is an anthology of Western crime stories. One story features a ranger confronting criminals including a character named Peacock and the villain Updegraph in a desert town showdown. Another tale follows a cowboy named Jake and his companion Christy as they pursue Black Jack and his gang across the wilderness at night, eventually trapping the outlaws in a canyon where a final gunfight erupts. A third story depicts a confrontation between a woman in yellow and a man claiming to have never killed anyone, involving a rattlesnake and physical combat in a desert setting.
Ranger Jim Blaze pursues the ruthless outlaw Gringo Grady across treacherous terrain, surviving avalanches and gunfire to track him to his hideout—only to discover the mysterious kid called Scout is working with the criminal. When Jim learns that Scout, despite his loyalty to Grady, still holds a code of honor, he seizes a chance to appeal to the young man's conscience and prove that an honest man can be just as formidable as a crook.
When outlaws run rampant through Dodge City, the townspeople turn to an unlikely lawman: the twenty-two-year-old Bat Masterson, a young sheriff with fists as quick as his six-guns. As Masterson confronts dangerous criminals like Dave Rudabaugh and his gang, he proves that age and size don't determine a man's ability to restore order to the frontier. His steady hand and fearless determination begin to reshape the lawless town's fate.
Ranger Bob Hudson crosses paths with the rough and rowdy Black Jack Bivins in Texas City, a man celebrating a lucky strike and looking for trouble. When Bivins kidnaps a young woman named Patsy Gerald to settle a score with the ranger, Hudson must track them down and face off against his nemesis. It's a straightforward showdown between law and lawlessness in the Old West.
Christy Kent and his partner Black-Jack Jones are fugitives framed for a murder they didn't commit—their only hope is a tiny spur-wheel dropped by the real killer, Slick Martin, and a chance to force a confession. When Martin sets his sights on Christy's girl Nancy and orchestrates a fake rescue to win her over, Christy must break free and confront the man who destroyed his life. It's a high-stakes race through the frontier to prove his innocence and protect the woman he loves before the law—or Martin—catches up to him first.
A young woman named Gwen Hiller buys a fancy new gown from Kansas City for a dance with ranger Dick Bowen, but her prized dress lands her in a heap of trouble when a spooked horse, a rattlesnake, and a desperate escaped outlaw all threaten to ruin her evening. With quick thinking and a whole lot of grit, Gwen tackles each crisis head-on—but by night's fall, her beautiful dress becomes the least of anyone's worries.
A detective named Edgar Peck investigates a fatal shooting at an exclusive hunting club, where a man claims self-defense after his brother allegedly turned violent—but a crucial piece of evidence at the morgue tells a very different story. This locked-room mystery hinges on what a scrap of fabric found in the wound reveals about the true circumstances of the crime. A sharp-eyed examination of the facts proves that not everything a desperate suspect says under pressure can be trusted.
John Canyon, a reformed gunfighter living peacefully without a gun, gets drawn into a confrontation with the ruthless Brad Bell, who's using force to seize free range land from local ranchers—including Jane Crown, Bell's own fiancée. When diplomacy fails and Bell's thugs threaten the unarmed Canyon, the quiet hombre must decide whether to break his vow of non-violence to stop a bully from getting his way.
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