Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson's friend "Cactus Charlie" Hayden strikes gold. When he repays Bat for staking him it's revealed that the gold is part of a missing shipment. Bat and Hayden set out to make the best of a bad situation - and do so.

Though his sympathies lay with the open range cattleman in their fight against their old enemy, the railroads, Bat Masterson doesn't countenance their lawlessness. The cattlemen strip out 50 miles of railroad fence intended to keep the herds off the tracks. So, Bat finds himself in opposition to his friends.

Bat Masterson, the Frontier's best turkey-shoot judge, has his hands full at Midas Creek. The town council hires him to serve a double purpose - judge the turkey-shoot and make sure that bully-boy Rance Fletcher doesn't mess up the fun.

Investor Bat Masterson, in partnership with mine owner Augustus Ulbrecht, reaps the wages of mismanagement. Ulbrecht, indifferent to the safety of the men, forces them to work despite reports that the diggings are about to cave in. Though Bat wants no part of the blame, he doesn't walk out on his responsibility.

When Sir Edward Marion unexpectedly downs a famous "fast gun," he attains a certain dangerous notoriety. This brings him to the notice of Bat Masterson with whom he exchanges some unusual demonstrations of fancy gunmanship.

Gambling Hall Owner Bat Masterson is mystified when business booms but profits plummet. Investigating, he finds his partner's fingers in the cash drawer - and slams it shut.

Gallant Bat Masterson turns Cupid's little mailman. When the man escorting three mail-order brides to Noble Creek, is shot, Bat becomes his replacement. For some unknown reason, a certain "hot gun" doesn't want the gals to arrive.

Sheriff-maker Bat Masterson has his work cut out for him after brothers Jeb, Gus and Jocko Dakota gun down the lawman in their town. Their purpose: they want a free hand in operating their rackets.

The Dooling boys - one of the roughest crowds on the Frontier - terrorize Angie Pierce and her son. Having escaped the hooligans, Angie seeks Bat Masterson's protection against them.

Loyal friend Bat Masterson sees in a youthful gunslinger the image of an old friend who had died in an Indian battle years ago. He sets out to discover if the trigger-happy boy is the orphaned son of his friend.

Poker champ Bat Masterson has important testimony to offer at the trial of H.C. Smith, charged with murdering Bat's friend during a card game. Gunning people seems to run in this particular branch of the Smith clan as the father of the accused makes bloody threats against Bat and other witnesses for the prosecution.

Shot Gun Falls' gambling casino falls to Bat Masterson in the will of a gambler friend. When, suddenly Bat is pressed for payment on the mortgage, he discovers a conspiracy between the town Marshall and a "trigger" to swindle him.

Daphne Kaye, blackjack dealer at Bat Materson's casino, officiates while gambler George Winston breaks the bank. She ends up out of work and Bat ends up out one casino.

Western-Developer Bat Masterson helps Clyde Richards' crew build a road westward from Nevada to California. Chief obstacles to progress: the bitter mountain cold, conspirators against the railroad and miner Sod Smith's cabin which stands squarely in Bat's path.

Not comfort and rest but capture and torture await Major Liam Mars when he arrives by stage at Crazy Creek station, in company with Traveler Bat Masterson and Miss Lottie Tremaine. The station-master has disappeared and an Indian and half-breed have taken his place with a terrible welcome for the major.

People such as tax collectors, Bat Masterson and other creditors are thrown out of Walker Hayes' saloon when they come in to collect from Hayes. Bat has a claim on Hayes for a gambling debt and is determined to make "an honest man" of him at least to the extent of what Hayes owes him.

All in a day's work for Railroader Bat Masterson. Fire, Indians, hail and the loss of two wagons of expensive equipment go over a cliff carrying four men with it. But, Bat's boss of the construction crew and the job gets done!

Bat Masterson faces a question: Is Marshal Ben Holt the Law or not the Law? - Bat prevents Holt from shooting Harry Sutton in an affray involving an illegal land-grab. Investigating, Bat is not too certain the Marshal's charge is just - particularly when Sutton accuses the Marshal of being the culprit.

It's "Wagons, ho!" when Wagon-Master Bat Masterson leads a convoy carrying explosives. For want of better manpower he settles for some not-too-trust-worthy renegades. He "buys" his life and the major part of the train at the cost of exploding some of his cargo.

A shotgun-toting Texas lady meets Bat Masterson when he goes to Nora Grant's farm in Beaumont, Texas. This is most surprising as his arrival is in response to an urgent telegram that he hurry there.

Bat turns banker in Denver and discovers that having gold isn't enough - you've got to be able to convince other people you've got it. When one of Bat's enemies starts a run on the bank, Bat brings home the bullion.

"The twain" finally meet in a Bat Masterson adventure involving a beautiful Chinese girl and a gigantic young man in an adventure involving a lottery and a mining claim. Hsieh-Lin, held captive by outlaws, gets Bat's attention as he's en-route to the mining sight he has won on a gamble.

Bat Masterson stakes his life to establish Justice in the desert town of Eden, New Mexico. Arriving there more dead than alive, he finds a murder trial in progress. He finds friends of the obviously guilty defendant using strong-armed "pressure" to silence eyewitnesses to his crime.

Gallant Bat Masterson ransoms a Medal of Honor, in an adventure with heartless men. Thieves steal the most priceless possession of Mrs. Dalbot, widow of a National hero, and Bat sets out to get it back.

The town of Las Tables is about to hang three men - Bat Masterson finds Marshal MacWilliams' son hiding in the Las Tables graveyard - (It's a much less macabre place than the town, itself, where three men are about to be hanged.)