Red Sutrow in Back-Trail Bondage is an ex-convict, working as a blacksmith in Hardrock. As a provision of his parole, Red is not allowed to carry a gun. But when two hardcases start shooting up the saloon, the sheriff cowers in the blacksmith shop... In Death Rides Out of Yuma Trent Stone returns to town with the hope of changing his sons mind about him. But rancher Fred Quinn, whose son Trent supposedly killed, now wants to kill Trents son. Clay Whitehead in A Badge for a Tinhorn is known for his adeptness at cards and quickness with a gun. U.S. Marshal Bill Marsden is able to convince Clay to carry a badge and get to the bottom of the murder of a deputy U.S. marshal. Even Money He Dies at Noon is the way the wager is going against small rancher Bill Nichols when he rides into town and an ambush set by Guy Mooney, owner of the Slash M.