Tom Mix Western #52

Tom Mix finds young Rex Stewart riding recklessly through Earthquake Hills Pass, unaware that a recent earthquake has left the terrain riddled with deadly crevices—and when a falling branch knocks Tom unconscious, Rex rides for help, only to become hopelessly lost in the treacherous landscape himself. Now Tom must rally the townspeople and brave the dangerous hills to find the boy before the hidden crevasses claim another victim.

When Tumbleweed Jr. shows up to a masquerade party in a jockey costume, he's mistaken for a real rider and strong-armed into competing in a high-stakes horse race—but his shadowy employers want him to throw it on purpose so they can clean up betting against their own horse. Refusing to go along with the scheme, Tumbleweed decides to let Blue Streak run all out, but when the crooked bettors escalate their plan, he'll have to use a little unexpected help from his costume pocket to save the race and expose the schemers.

Tom Mix stumbles onto a desperate chase when five gunmen pursue a stranger across the frontier, and his quick draw breaks up the fracas—but the real trouble begins when the man claims his treasure map was stolen and Tom gets roped into searching for it below ground. As tunnels collapse and identities prove deceptive, Tom must use his wits, his rope, and his legendary marksmanship to expose a con artist and bring a thief to account—all while trapped in a deadly underground race against time.

Buff arrives at a dude ranch hoping for a relaxing vacation, but his attempts at horseback riding leave him battered and bruised—each horse seems determined to throw him in increasingly ridiculous ways. When his fellow guests suggest he try courting one of the lady guests instead, Buff's attempts at smooth talking prove just as disastrous, leading him into one mishap after another.

Tom Mix races to protect an innocent stranger caught in a mob's deadly pursuit—all because a newspaper editor's careless story about a dangerous fugitive has set the town ablaze with false accusations. When Tom discovers the truth hidden in a simple hatbox, he and Sheriff Mike Shaw must fight to save a man from vigilante justice fueled by lies and the promise of reward money.