Available at a special low price for the first seven days of publication!The bullet that killed Chris Rand sounded the death-knell to one career and started another for the tall, tough and relentless Jim Rand — the man they called Big Jim.To strife-torn Libertad, a trouble-town on the Arizona-Mexico border, came Big Jim, hunting his brother's killer. It was inevitable that he should become involved in the struggle for power in Libertad, the conflict between Sheriff Luke Hillary, who had lost the use of his gun-arm, and the Block B outfit, the ten trigger-happy hellions led by the fearsome Old Man Burdette.And never far behind Big Jim — always lurking somewhere close — was that pocket-picking, ugly little Mexican, Beninto Espina. The Mex sided Big Jim in the final hectic shown, and a strange alliance was born.

Their names were on the bullets!Larry and Stretch, the West's toughest trouble-shooters, came to Tyson City to solve a mystery, but their short stay almost became permanent residency—on Boot Hill.Somebody wanted them dead. They didn't know who. They didn't know why. Riflemen sniped at them from the windswept peaks of the high country. A knife was hurled through an open window to miss Stretch Emerson by mere inches. And Larry Valentine was trapped in a burning shack by anonymous assassins.The Texans had never run from a fight, and never would. They stayed to protect the beautiful Margo Farnol, to bedevil the confused Sheriff Jennings and to trigger a showdown with the local lawless—Lone Star style!

A whip-crack was the overture ... and gun-thunder was the finale to another wild and hilarious escapade of the hard-punching, fast-shooting hell-raisers from Texas. Larry and Stretch came to Horton County for peace and quiet, but found intrigue, danger and gun-trouble.The Governor of Colorado was being blackmailed by the urbane and treacherous Philo Brayner, who planned a bank robbery and a safe getaway. But the thieves reckoned without the West's toughest trouble-shooters.The Texans played it quiet—until the final shooting showdown.

Available at a special low price for the first seven days of publication!With amiable drifters Larry Valentine and Stretch Emerson as her escort, a beautiful redhead ran the gauntlet of death, travelling many a violent mile to give her testimony in court. Only the boss-outlaw had been captured. The rest of the Sharkey gang was still at large ... and gunning for her! Here was a test of nerve and strength, a challenge no Texan could ignore. When the danger was greatest, the drifters battled on, out-shooting the lawless and thumbing their noses at law and order!

Hit the danger trail with Larry and Stretch ... and ride out shooting!The battle of Moon Mountain might have been the Texans' last fight. Their luck had run out, but they were still defiant, as tough as ever, and a force to be reckoned with. Once again, the West's rowdiest trouble-shooters are up to their Texas ears in violence, intrigue and sudden death. Once again, the fists fly and the guns roar. Once again, the lawless get more than they bargained for, in a hectic fight to the finish with the Lone Star Bravados.

Utah Territory was a long way from the Lone Star State, but Larry and Stretch found other Texans there—a worried squaw man and a beautiful redhead—fellow Texans in need of their help.Once again, the Nomads from Texas find, themselves involved in danger, intrigue and sudden death—distrusted by the forces of law and order—opposed by the entire 9th Cavalry—challenged by the lawless.Larry Valentine could never turn his back on a mystery, or a fight. With Stretch Emerson as his willing shadow, and a New York journalist as interested observer, hard-hitting Larry once again proves that outlaws can't win, when they challenge the Lone Star Hellions

Big Jim Rand didn't plan on becoming the guest of honor at a shotgun wedding, but this was what the roughneck Gillery brothers had in mind when they kidnapped the tall avenger and his sidekick — that philosophical Mexican, little Benito.To add to Big Jim's troubles, outlaw Pete Holbrook and his cutthroat crew were closing in on the Gillery ranch, preparing to kidnap or murder the high-spirited Lucy Rose, sister of the hard-boiled Gillerys.Here are Big Jim and Benito, caught in the middle of another dangerous intrigue, another crisis that could only end in a gunsmoke showdown.

Haunted by a sharp-shooting ghost, deserted Fortuna offered no warm welcome to the Lone Star Hellions and their new allies—three desperate men and four frightened women left to die in the arid heart of the Big Amarillo.Also in need of shelter were the infamous Cleave Elrigg and his trigger-happy cohorts—six escapees from the Pima Valley Prison, who were determined never to be recaptured.The climax, an explosion of violence and mayhem, echoed to every corner of the ghost town, with the West's toughest trouble-shooters well to the fore of the fray.

The outlaws were begging for trouble when they challenged the Texas Hell-raisers!Larry and Stretch couldn't stand by and see the honest citizens of Widow's Peak swindled by the unscrupulous Jay Endean. The boss-thief was selling worthless railroad stock, and courting Tess Hapgood—the girl they called Arizona Wild-Cat.With fast guns, hard fists and Lone Star luck, the Texans declared war, exposing the plotters for what they really were, and in so doing the stage was set for a violent showdown. They were two against many, but Larry and Stretch had no quit in them. They were in this fight to win, or die trying!

A WOMAN DIED ... AND A HELL-HOUSE WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND!And for Big Jim Rand, another suspense-filled adventure had begun. His quest for the murderer of his brother brought him straight to Cadiz City, the town where violence smoldered and flared.Sarina Hale's legacy, all that her mother had to bequeath her, was a powderkeg with a naked fuse—the sealed diary of the hard-boiled woman who once operated the town's rowdiest house of entertainment.Many a man coveted that book, fearful that his past sins were recorded between its leather covers. To keep his guilt a secret, one was prepared to kill—and this was the man who would have to face the indomitable Big Jim in mortal combat.Big Jim again—tagged by Benito Espina!

The northbound train carried a precious cargo. Wealthy Mexican ranchers and their womenfolk were headed for Moredo, and their family jewels were stored in the safe of the caboose. When the thieves attacked, there was violence and bloodshed.Big Jim Rand was aboard the train. The leather-tough ex-sergeant of the 11th Cavalry hoped to find his quarry in Moredo. Instead, the hunter saw his brother's murderer taking an active part in the hold-up.And so, to reach his objective, the gun-fast manhunter had to declare war on all twelve of the raiders—and the consequences were violent.

Clay Morrow was trapped.He should have stayed in Ellistown, his small hometown wherein life passed unhurriedly and the sound of gunfire was rarely heard. But rebellious instincts compelled him to ride out in search of a new identity and wild adventure.Very soon, Clay was involved in more adventure, more trouble, more danger than he could handle. His trail had crossed that of the desperate men who conspired to attack and loot an army supply wagon.In the moment of crisis, the adventurer was thrown together with a veteran manhunter, the astute, courageous Jim Rand, and that bucktoothed bravado from south of the border, Benito Espina.Thereby hangs a tale ...

THE STAKES WERE HIGH AND DANGER RODE IN THEIR SHADOW!The owlhoot pack was moving north, led by Craig Harnsey, the audacious bandit who had fooled the lawmen of Winfield County. Their destination was a lonely section of the railroad route, their goal a bank strongbox.In hot pursuit came Larry and Stretch, the West's busiest troubleshooters, ignoring the risks and plunging headlong into danger.Also involved in this hectic adventure were the misfits—Homer Peck, the jilted railroad guard embarking on a brief career of grand larceny; Burch Tatum Junior, the clumsiest Ranger ever to ride out of the Lone Star State; Red Ruthy, the salty ranch girl who hankered to tangle with a horse thief.