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"West of New Mexico's Pecos men called him the Cholla Kid - a dashing cowboy with a devil-may-care air and a merry twinkle in his gray eyes that could grow steely. His skylarking however brought trouble in his wake and he decided it best to drift from his home range for a while. Then trouble began in earnest. In the Comal Valley he rode into more of it than he had ever imagined could come to one wandering cowboy in search of adventure. He found Hondo,...

"Walt Lee wants to be an Arizona Ranger, but Captain Tom McDonough has a challenge for him to complete first. Rancher Bruce "Wolf" Felton has long been suspected of rustling, but the Rangers were never able to prove anything. Since Walt worked on the neighboring Lazy B, Captain Tom wanted him to get the proof they needed. If he were successful, there would be a Ranger badge waiting for him. The next day, Walt heads out with two other cowhands to take...

"Bigjaw" Dave Haley and his murderous crew moved in on the richest range in Texas. Their plan: to bleed the land dry. Meanwhile, the ranchers - decent men embittered by the sight of their dying land - gathered up their forces and prepared to fight, unaware that they were riding straight for their own execution. As Ranger Jim Hatfield rode into Maravilla, he could sense a powder keg ready to explode. He knew he had to stop it. And fast.

"Danger threatened Texas, such danger as she had not known since the dark days of '48. "Don" Jose Muerta was a gallant figure as he rode at the head of his men: but Lucifer, too, was doubtless a gallant figure as he led his cohorts from the mouth of hell. "Don" Jose - robber, smuggler, wide-looper, and killer - made his first bad mistake when he put one over on Ranger Jim Hatfield and got the famous Lone Wolf on his trail. But for a long time, it...

The tide of terror was mounting in Red River country. Vicious swarms of masked riders descended on the territory, fouling the land with blood. With ranchers under siege and the marshal in a coffin, only Ranger Jim Hatfield stood between the Skeleton Riders and total defeat. Posing as a horse thief, he rode into lawless Indian Territory in quest of the secret army. But time was running out. Wounded in battle, Hatfield faced a last-gasp showdown...