Copyright 1979, paperback, ex-library, 251 pages. SYNOPSIS: "Calamity Jane knew how to love a man. Wild Bill Hickok was after Slocum's woman. Soone evening in the Deadwood Dakota Territory, the men and a dozen of their friends would oil their Colts. ...
The train carried many of Frisco's finest whores, a Chinese madame and a fortune in opium, as well as two armed killers. If Slocum could get the train safely to its destination, Madame Lu had promised him many nights of loving, plus a partner's sh...
The Valley was primed to explode into hell. And by the end of his first day there, Slocum had been threatened, shot, and clubbed into unconsciousness. He owed his life to the beautiful settler's daughter who found him, bound his wounds, and offered h...
SLOCUM WAS AFTER AN ARMY PAYROLL WORTH HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. He had seven men to do it with, half of them fighting over the hot little blonde, the other half looking to kill him as soon as he turned his back. Then there were the federal troops scou...
When up against women scorned, Slocum doesn’t have a prayer…Three of Slocum’s friends, and damn good people at that, are needlessly killed in Arizona by the spineless murderer, Tunk Mueller. While chasing this devil through Nevada, Slocum has t...
LILA BELONGED TO SOMEONE ELSE, but her invitation to spend the night was just what Slocum needed. Their lovemaking was everything he had anticipated and more. Then it happened: the knock at the door; Slocum hiding in the closet, overhearing the threa...
JOHN SLOCUM WAS NO CATTLE DROVER. But for an old friend's sake and a chance at 50.000 dollars, he'd ride through Hell -- and Hell might have been easier. Slocum had 2,500 head of steers, a handful of desperate wranglers. and his boss's desirable daug...
ALL SLOCUM CARED ABOUT WAS A PRETTY WOMAN IN HIS BED at night and a job to bring the money in. If "Colonel Smith" wanted him to kidnap President Chester A. Arthur, that was all right by him -- especially when Smith was paying him fifty thousand dolla...
SLOCUM HAD NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE... call it love, call it whatever, it sure as heck made him want to do anything he could for Miss Fay Bright -- even go back to a town where he had just pulled a job and try to save her brother from the gallows. ...
SLOCUM DIDN'T LIKE BEING TAKENFOR A U.S. MARSHAL -- or a rustler, either. It seemed like every time he turned around, someone was trying to shoot him for being one or the other. So he decides to take matters into his own hands -- first with the stunn...
SLOCUM'S PARADISE. A prairie settlement that has a free love philosophy and the women to back it up! It was just Slocum's luck to stumble on this paradise with an eight-man posse on his trail. And just his luck to find that none of his hosts knows wh...
DOUBLE TROUBLE! Slocum was after two treasures. One was a statue in a church, and the other was a beautiful would-be nun. But neither was acting the way she should. Half the bandits in Arizona were after the golden statue, and the nun had a pack of r...
SLOCUM GOT MORE THAN HE ASKED FOR. The Mexican Emperor Maximilian had helped the Confederates when they needed him. Now the Emperor was in trouble. Benito Juarez, secretly armed by the U.S., was leading an open rebellion against Maximilian. Slocum co...
THE LAST THING SLOCUM NEEDED WAS TO GET INVOLVED IN A FAMILY FEUD which began with the cold-blooded murder of Belle Starr; a woman with a shady reputation. But Belleb beautiful daughter Pearl was begging him to track down her mother's killer; and she...
SLOCUM WAS OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE. Zaragosa was almost a ghost town: buildings ravaged by fire, the few people still alive struck dumb with terror, the undertaker the only happy citizen. It was as if a plague had swept through Zarago...
SLOCUM WAS HOT ON FUN-FILLED IDEAS! But little did he know he would run into an "upstairs girl" named Merry who had a few great ideas of her own. Merry caught Slocum in a compromising position that cost him ten thousand dollars. It wasn't going to be...
FOR SLOCUM, EVERYONE ON BOARD WAS A SUSPECT -- AND HE WAS EVERYONE'S TARGET. The Excalibur was supposedly an ordinary riverboat, but even before it left port. the pilot had been shot dead. Once underway, someone tried to kill Slocum. Then the boat wa...
THE DALTON BOYS ARE CRAZY. Crazy enough to cold-bloodedly shoot down anyone who stands between them and their bank heist riches. Crazy enough to terrorize the Texas territory for years and get away with it. Even crazy enough to go after Slocum. ...
WILD JUSTICE. Wesley Putnam was Head Detective for the Arizona Cattlemen's Association, and the best friend Slocum ever had -- until four fugitive rustlers burst into a cantina and gunned Wesley down in cold blood. All Slocum got from the dying frien...
SUNSHINE BASIN. THE NAME SOUNDS WARM, EVEN FRIENDLY. The kind of place to settle into. raise a few head of cattle. maybe even a family. Certainly a place where John Slocum, bushwhacked and bleeding, could escape to mend his wounds. But beneath the...
SLOCUM WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH New Mexico Territory. He didn't want to know why posses were roaming the country looking for men to string up, why the governor's militia was pillaging the country, or why Ute raiding parties had the people barricaded ...
THERE'S NOT A SANE MAN IN ARIZONA WHO WANTS TO DO TIME IN YUMA PRISON. That is, no one except John Slocum. But there's a method to his madness -- Slocum is offered $30,000 to get a rich cattleman's son out of that godforsaken jail. First, though. he'...
CAPTURED BY INDIANS! John Slocum was defenseless, poisoned by a scorpion's bite, when the fearsome Mescalero Apaches seized him as their prisoner. The proud Apache tribe was on the run from government troops and Mexican bounty hunters, trying to free...
THE MINUTE SLOCUM LAID EYES ON THE RAVEN-HAIRED, DARK-EYED BLACKJACK dealer, he knew he would do anything for her. And that suited Lurlene Monteverde just fine. She wanted Slocum to steal a large shipment of gold belonging to a wealthy mine-owner, as...
CROOKED OFFICIALS AND CURVY WOMEN never slowed John Slocum down before, but when his trail hands are slaughtered by a band of renegade Sioux, Slocum is forced to join up with an unlikely wagon train of misfits. Soon the Bozeman Trail turns into a hel...
HANG 'EM HIGH! This time Slocum had sworn he'd keep out of trouble. But even before he reached the outskirts of Cole City, the hanging party was in full swing. Matt Kahane's lynch mob was too big for any reasonable man to reckon with. But Slocum wasn...
"WHY DON'T WE HANG THIS MAN INSTEAD, MARSHAL?" Slocum didn't like the joke. And he didn't like the stranger's derringer pressed against his ribs. "Just raise your hands. mister, I'll take the gun: the deputy growled. Within two minutes, the "law men"...
NO ONE'S NECK WAS SAFE FROM THE BLOOD-STAINED NOOSE OF "JUSTICE' Gambler George Kincaid was calling all the shots. and the life of every Cheyenne citizen was in the ante of the deadly game. Then an unexpected wild card turned up in the gambler's stac...
SLOCUM HAD BEEN SWINDLED. And when he blew Joe Gill's safe open, it was only to take back the money he had lost gambling -- was forced to lose, that is, at gunpoint. But there was no money. Only a bunch of letters. Letters written by Molly Hunter, th...
TROUBLE HAD A WAY OF FINDING SLOCUM. When he returned a lost calf to the Lazy K ranch, Slocum expected nothing more than a simple thank you. But the tail, beautiful Rachel Anderson offered him a job on the ranch---and drew him into a bloody war again...
A RIVER OF BLOOD DIVIDED THE BRADY AND DANCER FAMILIES...No sooner does Slocum ride into the dusty town of Ledville than trouble finds him. Deadly trouble. A bitter feud has left both Brady and Dancer kin planted deep in Texas soil. It doesn't take l...
A WEALTHY WIDOW BELIEVES AN INDIAN GHOST has gotten sidetracked in her parlor on his way to the Happy Hunting Grounds. And, while Slocum is more familiar with spirits that pour straight from bottle to shot glass, the big Southerner feels there's defi...
SLOCUM NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT HIM He blew into Tombstone on the dusty end of a desert storm. All he wanted was a warm bed, some good grub, and a stiff whiskey. What he got was a stone cold reception from a town held hostage. It doesn't take Slocum lo...
SLOCUM SMELLED TROUBLE as soon as his old buddy Cap Locke sent for him. And riding into Sixgun he knew he was right. It was a town with more folks buried than livin' and the only one smiling was the undertaker. What's more, one look at Cap's luscious...
ONE LOOK AT THAT RED-HOT REDHEAD AND SLOCUM SAID "YES." John Slocum never could say "no" to a lady, and he's never seen a gal half as pretty as Mrs. Melanie Lamb. The big Southerner figures he's getting the better end of the deal when he hires on...
Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory Post Civil War Post Maximilian in Mexico Armed with a Walker Colt.44 and a .44-40 Winchester plus a few bottles of Double Stamp bourbon in his saddle bags, Slocum is ready to saddle Ringo and ride against Apaches or loo...
TROUBLE STALKED SLOCUM. From the minute he won the bid to honcho a trail drive, he had more excitement than most men live through. Suddenly every back-alley bushwhacker, bone-headed lawman, and hired-gun in the territory wanted him dead. But worse, S...
SLOCUM PUTS ON A DEAD MAN'S BADGE TO CLEAN UP A LAWLESS TOWN After Marshal Dustin was gunned down, Slocum couldn't let the killers foam free...not when they'd run off with the Marshal's beautiful, blue-eyed daughter. But the Jensen bunch would rat...
SHE WAS MIGHTY PRETTY... AND MIGHTY HANDY WITH A KNIFE, TOO! Her name was White Flower. She was a beautiful half-breed. Pursued by white men and Apache alike. Slocum figured he'd look after her for a spell. And together they rode a bloody trail throu...
A BAND OF OUTLAW INDIANS ARE ON THE WARPATH. And only Slocum can stop them from wiping out Cracker Creek. Once a prospector's paradise, a bloody campaign of savage killings is turning Cracker Creek into a ghost town. And to make matters worse, the re...
SLOCUM WOULDN'T SAY YES TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. Not when all she offered was a job. Even a job as pleasant as guarding the shapely Claudette Durant on the road to Fargo couldn't match what Slocum already had -- money in his pockets and all the whiskey ...
SLOCUM WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF TOWN. Then an old debt rode out of the past, looking to be paid. The brother of a man Slocum out-gunned in a fair fight was hungry for blood. No matter that the dead man was a lying. cheatin gambler. Turk knew that Slocum...
PIPESTONE WAS A BOOM-TOWN GONE BAD. When the gold ran out all that was left were cutthroat drifters, blood-simple outlaws, and backshooting gunslicks. Strangers were met with a sixgun howdy. Slocum didn't ask for trouble. But when the town's two-legg...
CLAIRE CARSON NEEDED A MAN. But tying your pony to her hitching post also meant laying down your life for the lonesome widow. Slocum was only fixin' to be in town long enough to bring a herd of longhorns to market, collect his pay...and head for the...
SLOCUM RAN THE STAGELINE WITH HIS FISTS AND A COLT .45... because that's what Big Ben McCormack hired him to do. Theresa shooting war going on in Hardins Crossing, between the railroad and the stages, and neither side is about to give up without a fi...
BUFFALO CENTER RAN ON GUNS AND CORRUPTION. There was a protection racket in this tough town, and it was pay up or die. When one good man said no, they started digging his grave. Slocum decided it was time to end the murder and he didn't care how many...
LIKE LITTLE LAMBS TO SLAUGHTER. That's what the sodbusters on their way to Oklahoma were. And it was Slocum's job to make sure they got there. But then the wagon train ran into the kind of luck that most men don't live through. Slocum might have e...
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN BE A DEADLY THING. Dustin Larrimore knew damn little about the night his pa died. Just what his mama managed to tell him twelve years later on her deathbed. Now he aims to go back to the family ranch and dig up the truth. Wh...
THE KILLING BEGAN WITH THE CATTLE. Skinned and gutted, their speed-butchered carcasses were left rotting in the sun. Then the local ranchers were shot down like dogs, trying to protect what was theirs. Next were the lawmen, their blood spilled across...
TROUBLE DOGGED SLOCUM'S TRAIL...he'd barely had a chance to cool off with the lovely Sally Ryan when he saw a man he had to kill. It didn't matter that the man was with the Ramey gang. He was robbing a bank and had to die. But that was just the b...
Double-crossed, beaten, and thrown into jail, Slocum fights for his life on a prison work crew with his best hope of release being the woman who got him imprisoned. ...
BAD COMPANY Slocum had survived hostile Indians, cattle • rustlers, and hired guns -- it was the gentry who just might get him killed. Josh Beaumont was a high-living dandy with low-flung morals and a foolproof plan for robbery. Now Slocum isn'...
A BLOODY STAGECOACH AMBUSH is nothin' out of the ordinary on the Texas range. But there's something strange about the masked kid---who kills only one of the passengers without even bothering to rob the others! It's downright peculiar. Then, when S...
THEY WERE AN ORNERY BUNCH OF HOMBRES. A wild gang of whiskey runners. and Slocum had 'em figured for trouble from the start. He'd let them off too easy when he'd caught them red-handed rustling cattle from Lynn Dawson's Lazy D spread. That was his mi...
THE PLAINS WERE WASHED IN BLOOD... A wagon train was wiped out -- and rigged by a mysterious party to look like an Indian massacre. Whoever's behind the bloody job left one young survivor -- and the kid's not talkin'. So Slocum brought the boy to ...
A LOADED PROPOSITION
Busting Jesse Keegan out of prison wouldn't be hard---it would be downright impossible. Security at Idaho Territorial was just about foolproof, and Slocum was feeling right foolish for taking on the aggravating job in the fir...
Toye and his gang of claim jumpers threaten to kill anyone who touches the gold in the hills of Big Falls so Slocum sets out to take them on but is ambushed in broad daylight by the gang and by Toye's luscious daughter...
FOR GUNFIGHTERS, TRUE FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND...except for the cold steel swinging at their hips. But Slocum had one, an hombre named Tim Blake, who'd saved his hide during the war. So when Slocum hears about the trouble Tim's been having, he heads ...
Slocum is bound by honor to watch over Nellie and her kid sister after their pa dies and they must manage the Double R ranch all by their lonesome, until a con artist shows Slocum that a trail of schemers, murderous thieves, and gunmen leads right to...
TEN STEPS AHEAD OF DEATH They escaped from the vengeful eye of Kevin McDonald and the seamy trap of his bordello...and tumbled right into Slocum's path. Any other time, Slocum would be mighty pleased to find himself in the company of four young be...
BLOOD ON THE BAYOU...The Mississippi riverboat trip looked mighty profitable -- until Slocum found his gambling partner murdered, his throat slit from ear to ear. They'd been robbed of their jackpot. And the chicken claw left behind could only mean o...
Signing on for a cattle drive, Slocum is surprised to see whisky dealers, gold diggers, and professional gunmen showing up on the job, and he is determined to learn the identity of the man who is really signing his paycheck...
When a vicious gang breaks out of prison and roams the prairie gunning down the men who put them away, they make the mistake of killing one of Slocum's old war buddies, driving the volatile vigilante into a fit of revenge...
Cheated by some high-class cardsharps, Slocum is rescued by the lovely Evangeline Dunbar, who asks him to escort her on a perilous trek across the desert to Desolation Point, Utah, but he soon discovers that he has inherited a mess of trouble...
THE DESERT WAS HOT AS HELL...AND JUST AS FULL OF DEVILS Slocum was suffering enough running horses through the stifling heat of the New Mexican desert. Then things got even hotter. A band of Apache raiders appeared in a cloud of dust---and disappeare...
THE BLOOD'S FLOWING ON THE VENGEANCE TRAIL! Arizona has more than its share of dangers -- bushwhackers and Apaches, just to name a few. So James Brogan has hired John Slocum to get him, his girl, and his gold safely back home. Trouble is, Slocum t...
With a bounty hunter hot on his trail and nothing in his pockets, Slocum decides to make an unauthorized withdrawal from a West Texas bank, but his life gets even more complicated when he falls for his partner's sister...
Slocum protects a rancher from a trigger-happy kid and is thrown into jail for his troubles, but his problems may only increase when he is bailed out by the rancher's daughter and he aids them once again...
When Confederate General McRae is kidnapped by businessmen interested in preventing the release of his upcoming memoirs, Slocum abandons whiskey and women to protect the general on a wild, lead-filled trip down the Mississippi. ...
Framed for robbing a traveling circus of all its cash, Slocum is determined to catch the real thief and to woo the stunning Madeleine Scowcroft--owner and proprietor of the circus, and a damned fine shot. Original....
Rival gangs are shooting it out over the loot stolen from the Mexican National Mint, and Slocum is caught in the middle, trying to get in on the action himself while keeping his head attached to his shoulders. Original....
When Preacher Whiteside and his gang kill John Slocum's lady friend during a bank robbery, Slocum vows to rescue the bank president's daughter, kidnapped during the raid, and avenge his lady's death. Original....
Rolling into Virginia City with just two dollars in his pocket, Slocum nevertheless finds work quickly, helping two seductive, secretive sisters protect their silver mines from claim jumpers. Original....
When a snake-oil salesman's deadly potions kill four innocent people, Slocum, acting as sheriff of Brushwood Gulch, follows the murderer back east and along the way encounters a group of dangerous thieves. Original....
DRAW-OR DIE Forced to play bounty hunter to an infamous gun; Slocum rides into Finality Gulch aiming to bring Clyde Otis in -- any way he can. But finding the elusive outlaw is like rousting out a rattler at high noon. Until Otis's gang comes gunn...
Hired to track strays on Henry Murphy's spread, the N Bar None, Slocum rounds up Murphy's beautiful daughter in the process and finds himself in the middle of a war between Army regulars and Apache. Original....
Riding shotgun for a wagon train of troublesome settlers, Slocum encounters a series of deadly threats when the settlers decide to stop over in Buzzard Flats, an eerie, mysteriously empty town. Original....
Hot on the trail of a lost fortune in ore and escorting the lovely Myra Hendricks through the Arizona wilderness, Slocum finds himself tangling with lynch-happy desperado Vern Culhane and his gang of bloodthirsty cutthroats. Original....
After gunning down bandit Wade Ramey in the streets of Blue Meadow, Colorado, Slocum discovers that the outlaw's saddlebags are stuffed with gold, a discovery that sends thousands of would-be miners to Bearclaw Trail in search of gold. Original....
LINE OF FIRE Boss of her own ranch, Fiona had brains, money, and beauty...until a cowardly assassin's bullet took it all away. Fiona's husband, Cecil St. James, is a sponger -- but is he a killer? Either way, the rich Diamond 7 spread is up for gr...
FOOL'S GOLD Slocum figures the only thing easier than pulling off a gold heist at the First Denver Bank will be spending his share of the take. But when the gunsmoke clears, Slocum's got next to nothing to show for his trouble...except one dead pa...
SHOWDOWN FOR A DEAD MAN Somebody got to Slocum's old pal Trace Nolan and put him six feet under. As sure as hellfire, Nolan's wildcat daughter Charlene wants revenge, and she turns to Slocum to pin the murder on a land-greedy viper named Boss Lars...
After a night in a San Francisco bordello, Slocum awakens to find that he has been drugged and shanghaied aboard an Alaska-bound slave ship, en route to a remote gold mine under the control of a greedy owner and a sadistic slave driver. Original....
AN UNWILLING REBEL Slocum thought the Confederacy was as dead as his former Army commander, General William Clark Quantrill -- a merciless killer of civilian and soldier alike. But Quantrill's beautiful and ruthless daughter is alive -- and gather...
DEADLY PREY The town of Happy, Texas, has big troubles.... It seems like phantom cattle rustlers are stealing herds, while a posse of real-life thugs has taken over the town. When Slocum starts to stir things up, he's thrown in jail, charged by a ...
SLOCUM'S NEW BUSINESS GETS REAL PERSONAL! While trying to "enrich" his meager cowpunching pay in a friendly poker game, a good bluff wins Slocum the deed to the Wildcat's Den Saloon -- Fort Worth's roughest, rudest watering hole. So Slocum goes in...
When a wealthy madam who owns most of Roseville, Texas, dies, Slocum has his hands full making sure her greenhorn nephew gets his rightful inheritance--instead of a bunch of bandits willing to kill for the loot...
GOLD BULLION, GREEN ENVY Slocum's instructions from the marshal are too easy: deliver a stolen deed to a mine's rightful owner. But when Gold Hill's owner gets croaked right after naming a new foreman, Slocum doesn't have to see a tail to smell a ...
ONE WHISKEY...OR SIX SHOTS? Slocum's been hired to deliver a herd of cattle from Fort Laramie to Wyoming -- and keep them from being stolen by the notorious Hawkins gang. But cattle rustling's only one of their dirty deeds. They're killing the Sho...
THREE STRIKES, SIX-GUNS, AND YOU'RE OUT! When CobIda Murphy and her team of lady ballplayers ride into Parker, Texas, all they want is an honest game against the town's best batsmen...and maybe their fair share of wagering. But lately, the same...
ON THE TRAIL OF A DEAD MAN Not-a-Chance is one of the slapdash little towns that sprang up like mushrooms in the path of the railroad, where the card games, roulette, and even the weather seem fixed. Slocum rides into Not-a-Chance to track down a ...
HUMAN SHARKS Slocum's more at home in a barroom than on a boat, but when a syndicate of rich Texans hires him to guard contraband munitions bound for Ciudad Aurora, Mexico, Slocum takes on a shipload of trouble. Seems the crew of the Matagorda ...
LAST REQUEST Slocum always knew private detective Sam Myles was trouble, but he was also a friend -- and the man who had saved Slocum's life years ago. So when Myles's urgent telegram summoned him to San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast, he cou...
AN OUTLAW, A DRIFTER...AND A LOSER Will Jameson fancied himself a gamblin' man, but he could barely win a hand...even when he cheated. And as his traveling companion, Miss Delia Tremaine, could attest, he wasn't too skilled at other games, either....
HE WAS NEARLY DEAD ON ARRIVAL... Slocum was headed for Dog Leg Creek to take a job at Happy Kramer's spread -- but before he even got there, he was ambushed by a gang who roughed him up and warned him off. When he finally made it to the ranch, he ...
DISCOVERING A MINE CHOCK-FULL OF SILVER WOULD BE A PLEASURE -- if John Slocum could find a way to blast it out before claim jumpers beat him to the punch! But when Slocum loses both of his partners the very same day, he knows he has to work fast befo...
ONE NASTY BUMP CAN BRING ON A WHOLE LOTTA HURT Slocum woke up with one hellfire headache this morning, and it's no hangover. Seems the wagon full of ordnance he was "protecting" got bushwacked by a band of raiders, leaving him for dead. But thanks...
ON THE ROAD TO TROUBLE... John Slocum should've known it was too good to be true...a large shipment of Wells-Fargo gold right under his nose -- and few guards to protect it from fortune hunters. But the deftly planned heist that could've made Sloc...
In Fort Griffin, Texas, Slocum's reputation with the ladies gets him up to his neck in trouble when he sets out to clear an innocent man's name before he hangs for a crime that he did not commit. Original....
A FIGHT TO THE DEATH John Slocum loved nothing more than an all-out brawl. So when low-life Rolfe Wade challenged him to a fight, he accepted -- and beat the varmint hands down. But Slocum's pleasure was short-lived. The next morning, Wade's body ...
Hired by a wealthy professor and his gorgeous assistant to take part in an expedition to prove the existence of the legendary Bear Lake Monster, John Slocum begins to suspect that something is very wrong, especially when his old nemesis Haskell shows...
BORDER BLOODBATH Ten thousand dollars. A lovely young lady. Trading lead with an army of ruthless banditos. Sounds good to Slocum... The border town of Laredo, Texas, is shocked when Victoriano Valdez and his cutthroat band of revolutionaries s...
DOWN ON HIS LUCK Slocum had a pretty tough winter, but he's back in the saddle and on the lookout for a quick and easy way to grease his palms. He thought he had it all figured out. But his scheme to rob gold shipments from a Montana boomtown didn...
MISSING! John Slocum was hoping to ride into Santa Cristo for a good meal and a little company. But when he got into town, he had a bigger mission to accomplish. The beautiful daughter of a wealthy hacienda owner had been taken hostage by some Apa...
HOT ON HIS TRAIL When the Walapai Indians signed a peace treaty with the government, John Slocum thought his days as an army scout were over. But then some renegade Walapai rode into town and started shooting. And Slocum knew it was up to him to c...
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED John Slocum didn't see any harm in helping a couple of greenhorns settle in the West. After all, he didn't really have anything better to do. And helping Harvey and Lawrence claim their ranch was better than starving t...
THIS TIME, SLOCUM'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW. John Slocum was just trying to pan enough gold from his claim to buy a hot meal and a bottle of whiskey. But before long, a gang of masked bandits started robbing prospectors and mining towns every...
A KILLER BET San Francisco just wasn't Slocum's kind of town. He was mad enough when he lost his last five hundred dollars at the racetrack. But when he learned the race was rigged, he knew there would be hell to pay -- especially since one of the...
CUTTHROAT COMANCHES Slocum was having a fine buffalo hunt, until he got greedy. With a wagon full of skins, he went back for one more kill. That's when the Comanches robbed him, killed his men, whacked him on the head, and left him for dead. Slocu...
WAR IS HELL Slocum's running hard and fast from bounty hunters -- a pair of no-good thugs who'd love to make a buck by bringing him down. And he'll hole up anywhere until things cool off -- even a ranch that's at the center of a brutal cattle war ...
IT'S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD It had been a long and dusty day on the trail -- and all Slocum wanted was a good night's sleep. But when he rode into the tiny town of Dead Dog, he realized it had more to offer than first met the eye. Within an hour, he'd f...
SMALL-TOWN POLITICS, BIG-TIME TROUBLE Politics is a dirty little business, which is why a dirty little man like Harrison Gould is so good at it. The mayor of Joshvillle is running for re-election, but he's more interested in running Slocum out of tow...
When the beautiful Betty Welles acquires the title to a sprawling Arizona ranch, she is targeted by a brutal gang of killers and a schemer named Ralph Moore, and she hires John Slocum to protect her passage to Arizona. Original....
LADY'S CHOICE Slocum was glad to help his friend start a new ranch. But he was soon playing punching bag for a band of dirty locals. It seemed that the boys from the FXT Ranch didn't take kindly to strangers -- and were ready to beat out the competit...
Taking an assignment to transport a dying gambler's son and daughter to Arizona, Slocum finds his task more difficult than he had expected when mysterious enemies set out to destroy his lovely charge, Millicent. Original....
Heading to St. Louis to collect an inheritance from a long-lost uncle, Slocum finds himself in deep trouble when he is forced to kill a man in self-defense, an action that makes him the target of the dead man's vengeful family. Original....
Slocum finds himself the victim of a trio of masked horse thieves who steal everything he has, including his money and a prize gelding belonging to the notorious Doc Holliday, and Slocum races against time to get back the horse before Doc returns to ...
Stuck in the middle of a cattle war, Slocum faces a double mystery in a strange gold coin he has found and a beautiful Aztec woman who keeps showing up whenever his luck is about to run out. Original....
Slocum is sent to rescue Myra McChristian from her Comanche captors but ends up rescuing two women and must return them to their families, if he does not make a mess of whole situation in the process. Original....
John Slocum and Bonnie LaRue have enjoyed some wild times together over many years, which is exactly why, when Bonnie asks him to rescue the daughter of a friend, he just cannot seem to say no. Original....
OUT FOR GOLD Curly Bill Brocius is fed up. Been accused of murder. Spent a day in jail. And he hasn't had a robbing that's panned out in weeks. So when Slocum heads to Tucson to deliver some gold, you can bet Curly Bill's right there, cocked and read...
ALL SLOCUM WANTED WAS A DRINK The saloons around the Brazos River boasted the finest whiskey and the prettiest ladies known to man. But Slocum hadn't even wet his whistle when a nasty varmint tried to shoot up an innocent boy. Never one to suffer co...
Slocum has a man's blood on his hands -- and a contract on his life!Nothing riles up Slocum like a coward: So when some varmint outlaw tried to shoot an innocent boy, Slocum showed the bad hombre some six-gun justice. Now the fool's friends are full ...
SLOCUM ON THE VENGEANCE TRAIL When June Deschamp massacred an Indian village, John Slocum vowed to make him pay. For his friends were among the dead--and their scalps hung from Deschamp's saddle. Slocum hit the trail after the vicious gang. He ...
Slocum finds a rose that isn't as sweet as she looks.Slocum isn't the type to walk from a lady in trouble. But when he has to fight a band of buffalo hunters, it seems defending this little Rose is going to be a thorny affair......
BLOODY MURDER Slocum goes to bed with a beautiful woman in Bender, New Mexico, and wakes up next to a corpse. Next thing he knows, there's a bounty on his head. To prove his innocence, Slocum winds up on the trail of a mysterious gang of thieves. Th...
IN FOR A RIDE... Can't blame Slocum. When pretty, young Pearl comes knocking at his door, the only gentlemanly thing to do is invite her in. But this filly is no lady. The moment Slocum falls asleep, she and her beau, Cutface Jake, rob him blind! No...
Hired to protect a local prospector, Slocum finds himself up against his client, an Eastern con man selling shares in a questionable diamond mind, and a gorgeous lady out to gain control of the diamonds--and of Slocum. Original....
Slocum's looking for a few good men -- to take care of a few gone bad...When it comes to justice, Slocum doesn't need proof. He's rounding up a posse of gunslingers to send a murderer and his heel dogs to thier knees....
Out of sympathy for old Colonel Marks, who has gotten mixed up with some bad company, Slocum agrees to help him make it back home to Last Gasp, Colorado, before his creditors and his enemies catch up with him. Original....
A yellow-bellied outlaw has Slocum gunning for revenge!After an outlaw sends a bullet into Slocum's back, the fastest gun in the West is ready to deliver up some justice to the local miners and get some of his own in the process....
FAVOR OF THE DAY Slocum's quick to honor favors for pretty ladies. And he's even quicker with a gun. Aboard the train to Ft. Worth, he offers to stomp out a few train robbing snakes--all for a certain hourglass gal. When he reaches Texas, Slocu...
Overrun by wolves, the normally sleepy town of Bannock desperately appeals to the six-shooter-wielding Slocum, who arrives to find a trail of bloody corpses and packs of unearthly beasts roaming the land. Original....
Slocum meets a woman who's rich, royal, and rounding up trouble...A European baroness needs Slocum to find a stash of hidden missionary gold. But this blue blood has Slocum by the family jewels, and it'll take a gun and a prayer to get rich and stay ...
Slocum takes on an army to save a beautiful Comanche Princess.Seven settlers -- including two women -- have been scalped, and the U.S. Cavalry is ready to make the local Comanche pay. But Slocum knows better. Comanche don't scalp women. And he'll fin...
DANGEROUS TREASURE The rough 'n' ready town of New Orleans was like home to John Slocum -- especially when he lay in the arms of the lovely Claudine Devereau. So guarding a passel of emeralds for Claudine's father seemed like a simple favor, especial...
Slocum stops a dirty railroad gang dead in their tracks...The Big Three are running a railroad on stolen money. Slocum's money. Plus one of their bunch has made a widow out of the best looking woman in town. She wants her husband's killer so bad she'...
DEAD IN THE SADDLE On the dodge from the law, Slocum rides into the remote town of Scorpion Bend just as the yearly high-stakes Big Race is about to begin. Hired as a bodyguard to the odds-on favorite rider, Slocum sees a chance to lay low and make s...
Slocum's got a job driving steer up north -- and a hunter into the ground...Driving steer up to bone-cold Nebraska, Slocum runs into a hide-stealin', Sioux-cheatin' buffalo hunter. But this lowlife is in for a surprise. If it's hide he wants, Slocum'...
Slocum gets distracted by a pretty little flower -- who comes with thorns...Slocum has his eye on the dangerous Rose Miller. Besides being a real American beauty, Rose is rumored to be the mistress of a notorious train robber. But the minute Slocum g...
A LADY'S REQUEST... After months of traveling in open country, Slocum arrives in Abilene, Texas, aching for a taste of whiskey. But it's his thirst for justice that's whetted when the saloon's matron tells him about her kidnapped sister -- taken b...
THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING IN THREE WIVES... Slocum arrives in the town of Three Wives looking for a very particular woman -- and finds that this mining town is about to go bust. There's only a handful of attractive ladies in Three Wives -- and much ...
Slocum goes up against the biggest, baddest cattle baron in the territory...John Chisum, a ruthless cattleman, is aiming to run off anyone in the way of his new project -- blocking the local water supply and forcing everyone to buy their water from h...
Slocum's partner gets thristy -- bloodthirsty!When Slocum and his herding partner, Billy Quince, end the life of a notorious cattle rustler, it's the young man's first kill. But it's far from his last as the infamous rustler leaves him with a mysteri...
A boy's search for justice leads Slocum on a trail of revenge!While tracking down the outlaws who murdered his parents and kidnapped his sister, young Jimmy Forrest learns the tricks of the trail from Slocum. Soon, the hard-riding duo discovers their...
Locking up the Ketchem Gang in Dodge City was quite a coup for Slocum--he's even become a local hero as a result--but when the bad boy bank robbers stage a breakout, he's got to bring them back in, before they clean out the city. Original....
HAVE GUN, WILL SLAUGHTER On the run from bounty hunters, Slocum decides to lay low at the mountain ranch of widow Della Hughes. But even as the couple rekindles their relationship, some danger arises. Apaches are on the warpath, stealing horses and m...
THE BIG CHILL When Black Wolf seeks the Great Spirit's advice on how to save his suffering Sioux people, the last thing he expects to hear is that he must help a white man -- John Slocum. In the freezing Nebraska Panhandle, Wolf guards Slocum while ...
Slocum takes on a backshooter -- face-to-face!Slocum becomes a guardian angel when he helps out a rancher on the run from a wild bunch of rustlers. But keeping this man alive could put Slocum six feet under....
Slocum's quest for revenge leads him to Lost Soul, Nevada, where he discovers a marshal who does not carry a gun, a very strange and powerful undertaker, and a woman worth sticking around for. Original....
In desperate need of some ready money, Slocum takes a job as a lumberjack in the northern California, but his new job is complicated by the superintendent's sultry daughter and by a band of renegade Pomo Inidans out to stop the logging. Original....
While enjoying a peaceful sojourn in the mountains, Slocum stumbles upon the remains of a burned-out cabin owned by a slaughter family and embarks on a personal quest to find the killer responsible for the massacre. Original....
Warning: If you cross Slocum’s pal, you’d better not cross Slocum’s path.After so many years riding solo, John Slocum was glad to be traveling with Harley Duggan. He knew he’d found a man he could trust the moment Harley saved his hide during...
Slocum's always got a lovely lady on his arm. But when he gets involved with Wild Bill Hickok's favorite girl everyone in Abilene sees trouble brewing....
Left flat broke in the gold-rush town of Neutral, Slocum faces a new challenge when a gang of outlaws, masquerading as a local vigilante group called the Gila Rangers, robs the local bank, leaving the banker dead and Slocum's partner wounded, and Slo...
Slocum makes a run for the border…When Slocum saves a pretty young Mexican girl from a brutal gang, it wouldn’t be right to leave her on her own. So the next thing he knows, he’s hightailing it to her hacienda with a bunch of serious pistoleros...
Slocum’s gunning for revenge after an Austin ambush…Slocum rides into Austin looking for a good bottle of whiskey and an even better woman. He gets both -- and a passel of problems to boot. It seems a trio of lowlife gunslingers are terrorizing t...
After risking his life to rescue a young Lakota woman in trouble, Slocum is adopted by her tribe and finds himself taking on the some powerful forces in Washington when the federal government decides to move the Lakota to a reservation. Original....
Slocum stumbles into a deadly family feud…Along the seamy San Francisco waterfront, Slocum is on the hunt for Michael Porges, whose wealthy father wants the young man found and herded back home. But when he rescues his quarry from being shanghaied,...
RIFLES AND RUNAWAYS... Slocum signs on to guard a wealthy Comanchero trader for some quick cash -- never expecting to get a white squaw in the bargain. The woman was abducted by brutal Comanche Chief Black Horn, who's only willing to part with her...
TROUBLE'S COMING... SPECIAL DELIVERY The last three mail drivers who tried to make it to Prescott turned up dead. But Slocum's willing to take the job -- especially since he can barely buy a bowl of chili and a bunk to rest his tired bones.... ...
A BLOODY WAR HAS SLOCUM PICKIN' SIDES... Harleyville may be a little town--but there's a big-time range war brewing and more trigger-happy cowhands than you can shake a stick at. With bodies piling up, either side could use an experienced gunsling...
HIGH STAKES It all started with a stiff drink and a good game of poker. Innocent enough. Until a bad bet sets Slocum back a hundred bucks, owed to train foreman Abel Stine. Now, he's working the railroad to pay it off. They're building the tracks he...
While in town to deliver a letter, Slocum is reunited with an old flame, but their passionate liason turns into a nightmare when a local prostitute is found murdered and the prime suspect is the ruthless Drum McLean....
In the mining town of Bonanza to take his chances with the miners at the gambling table, Slocum suddenly finds himself caught between the two wealthiest men in town, old rivals who are embroiled in a fierce feud over a mahogany coffin. Original....
When Slocum teams up with an old friend, they add a few more skulls to the valley!Slocum just got into Denver, but his long-awaited night on the town took a sharp and unexpected turn when he ran into his old friend Lemuel Parsons. And when Lem a...
When his old friend Steve Golden enlists his aid to check out his newly inherited ranch in Whistling Valley, Slocum finds himself caught up in a dangerous scheme to seize control of all the land in the valley, a plot that leads Slocum into a deadly c...
Teaming up with a group of Buffalo Soldiers to protect the New Mexico Territory from marauding Apaches, Slocum finds his mission complicated by deserter Benjamin Washington, an AWOL soldier who knows too much about the traitorous individuals responsi...
Slocum joins his own friend Hector and a pretty cowhand on a dangerous ride into the gorges of the Grand Canyon in search of Gordo Guardado, the man who had stolen his horse, and a gang of seasoned rustlers. Original....
Slocum is on the hunt for revenge -- and he's not the kind of man to stop until he gets exactly what he wants. Slocum’s just ridden into town with a pack of mules, a greenhorn named Tad, and hopes for some healthy compensation. And, he reckons, a s...
Slocum’s home on the range -- where more sinister things than deer and antelope play…Working as a cowhand for the Bar M Ranch, Slocum finds himself fighting members of the rival New Age Cattle Company -- whose owners are determined to brand Bar M...
When a landowner gets greedy, Slocum marks his territory -- with bullets.Landowner Seth Draper bullied his way through town, buying up smaller ranches and adding the acreage to his own. But when rancher Ian MacTavish refuses to sell, Draper plays dir...
If Slocum doesn’t skidaddle, he’ll be horsemeat!If his Appaloosa hadn’t twisted its ankle on the way to Springfield, Missouri, Slocum might never have looked into buying a new horse there. He might also have missed meeting two of the prettiest ...
They escaped their execution -- but there’s no escaping Slocum.Everyone in Sublette County wants to see Angus Dingo and Flatnose Nelson hanged -- everyone including John Slocum. Their brutal crimes warrant their deaths, but when their hour is up, t...
Falsely accused of stealing a horse, Slocum undertakes a series of disguises to escape and bring to justice the ruthless bounty hunters out to eliminate him before he can reveal that these vicious predators are responsible for the murder of one of Sl...
Second Impressions When Slocum first met his head honcho's daughter, Mariah, she was no bigger than a half-pint. More rambunctious than an untamed Appy, the little girl became fast friends with Slocum. But when the daring Mariah went missing,...
Slocum’s in the middle of a blood feud -- over bones.For three squares a day, Slocum’s putting his shooting skills to use guarding cattle on the Triple Cross Ranch. His other talents are being spent on a certain buxom beauty from back East, who h...
A Man of No Consequence John Slocum and his pard have finally steered two thousand head of cattle from Abilene, Texas, to their Kansas home. After six weeks on the trail, both men are itchin' for some company of the female kind. Abigail Stanl...
BULLETS AND BANDITS BELOW THE BORDER Slocum's already dodged a woman who wants his head in a sack when he hooks up with a lovely widow in a town bullied by bandits. Their leader, Reyas, uses peasants as slave labor, takes any woman he desires...
Slocum blazes through Devil’s Mouth to nail his saddle partner’s killer!Slocum last heard of Matt Scoggins when he’d been onto a rich gold strike -- but then he vanished without a trace. Now, Slocum gets some unwelcome news about his old partne...
These three gangs won’t let up -- until Slocum fesses up…One against a vicious gang of road agents. One against a Crow war posse. One against a corrupt American cavalry. The odds are pretty lousy for Slocum -- and he would never play this hand in...
After claiming their reward money for destroying four of the ruthless Conrad brothers, Slocum and Sam Biggle find themselves in hot water when a con-artist, using two brazen beauties as bait, tries to swindle them out of their hard-earned money. Orig...
Slocum’s on the trail of a different kind of quarry -- a wayward husband.After road agents stole the supply wagon train Slocum was riding shotgun on, he tracks the gang to the booming mining town of Orofino, Idaho. There, he makes the acquaintance ...
Slocum’s on the run -- wanted for a killing he didn’t commit.Slocum’s career as a bronc buster for the Circle Z Ranch comes to a sudden end when his boss believes he started a fight among the cowhands, and fires him. After a night of drowning h...
Slocum finds that the family that stays together -- slays together!Slocum will be picking up a herd of twenty horses and riding them back from Santa Fe. It’s a long, dangerous trail full of renegades, Indians and road agents with all sorts of crimi...
One double-crossing gang wants to make Slocum dance…Slocum’s high-tailing it alone to Texas -- in hopes that he’ll cross paths with the Double Crosser gang. But on a pit stop, the gunslinger sees a lynch mob chasing down some poor soul -- and r...
Slocum says adios to one rotten ranchero…Tate McMahon owns just about every last inch of the town of Bedrock. And he’s fixin’ on buying up the few remaining bits before too long -- including one right fine piece of land called the S Bar J, owne...
Slocum’s invited to attend a funeral -- his own.John Slocum was given two hundred dollars and a ticket to Cheyenne, Wyoming with the promise of employment, but not told what kind of services he’d be rendering. On board the train, he’s forced to...
Slocum's about to learn that sometimes, the best man for the job is a boy.If there’s anything worse than a dirty snake, it’s a cheap dirty snake. And Jack Mitcham is as cheap as they come. So when young Joshua Quaid and his brothers stood up to h...
Slocum wrangles with a rose that’s red -- with blood!Isabel is out to avenge her husband’s murder. Riding a stolen horse, she will no longer place her trust in God, but in the .44 Colt she now carries. Under the guise of Tequila Rosa -- a woman o...
In Slocum's 300th adventure bad guys are a dime a dozen -- but luckily, so are bullets…Someone wants to put Glover’s Mercantile -- the only store in Mesa Poquita -- out of business. But no one knows who or why. And after nearly being torched to d...
This squaw's got Slocum running from both sides of the law!A spunky squaw makes the injured Slocum an offer he can't refuse: her very special care for his protection against the angry Cayuse braves and the white bounty hunters on their trail....
For this criminal clan, revenge is a family affair… Out a-bounty-hunting, Slocum’s just passing through the God-forsaken town of Breakneck. But when his quick thinking saves a rancher’s life from one of the notorious Beamer brothers, the g...
Slocum escorts a pint-sized package through pistol-packed peril…Caught in a hellish Arizona sandstorm, John Slocum comes across a broken down wagon with only one living occupant -- a newborn baby boy. The tiny bundle of joy has a pack of very dange...
Slocum is always bad news for outlaws…Despite its name, there’s always trouble brewing in the small mining town of Nirvana, Nevada. John Slocum’s just riding through, when the comely widow Mrs. Benteen -- and newspaper reporter -- asks fo...
Guns blaze and passions burn when a manhunt turns plum loco!All Slocum had to do was track down a mouth-breather named Randall, so’s he could sign some legal papers -- and he’d wind up with a thousand bucks in his pocket. But when the trail leads...
Slocum’s looking to catch some thieves Reb-handed…Gunsmoke from the War Between the States has long since cleared, but out in Oklahoma Territory, things are just getting started. Or so it seems to John Slocum, who just arrived for a wedding. Sloc...
Slocum tracks a trio of merciless marauders!While John Slocum has taken his share of less-than-legitimate jobs in the past, he’s never signed on for a stone-cold killing. Until now. Slocum’s been recruited by an old friend to work for the Secret ...
Slocum catches hell in a cattlemen’s conflict!After a particularly hard job, John Slocum stops for a spell in the cattle town of Guadalupe, just north of Mexico. He’s just starting to relax and make friends when the long-standing bad blood betwee...
Slocum bleeds justice out of an unjust town!In Del Rio, justice is swift and innocence is no defense. You’re tried in the morning and hanged at noon. And if you’re a lawyer, winning an acquittal for your client can be fatal if it goes against the...
Slocum takes on a corrupt lawman and his cattle baron boss…Long on the trail and out of funds, Slocum takes a job as a cowpoke at the Snug T Ranch, lured by the promise of three squares and pay -- and by the beautiful and buxom ranch owner’s niec...
Slocum’s shot a lot of men -- but never in the back…Max Furling has a piece of paper that says he owns the Reilly spread -- lock, stock, and barrel. And since Reilly is dead, Max’s claim is foolproof -- almost. He’s started a rumor that Reill...
A black-hearted woman makes Slocum see red…In the shadows of the Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole is no place to spend a winter. But, it’s where Slocum hoofs it after getting a desperate letter from his friend Hovis Benton. A swamper at the Silvertip S...
When you mess with Slocum’s friends, you mess with Slocum…Mexican siren Senora Amanda Debaca beckons Slocum to Texas, where a corrupt colonel has been itching to rid the Lone Star State of all Mexicans -- starting with Amanda. Though she...
Slocum gets caught in the crossfire between man and wife…John Slocum was deep in Red Rock Country when trackers knocked him out cold and rode off with his horse and money. As luck would have it, the bushwhackers who left him for dead were also leav...
They’ve got the wrong man. But Slocum’s sure as hell got the right woman…When John Slocum rides through Bender’s Gap, a local posse thinks they’ve found their man. Some lowdown smooth talker has cuckolded more than a few of the town’s hus...
Slocum tracks down a titanic treasure trove!When a dying man begs John Slocum to deliver one half of a mysterious map to his brother in Virginia City, there’s no way he can refuse. But his honorable intentions lead him into a mother lode of trouble...
GOLD MINING MAIDENS Deep in the Sierra Madras, the last words of a dying man direct Slocum to a mystery woman and a promise of gold. Once found, Linda Mercado and her gaggle of soiled doves lead Slocum to dream of better days ahead -- and sleepless n...
Slocum gets culture shock -- and it’s never felt so good…Slocum can’t believe his eyes when he sees an Indian maharajah with an entourage in the Grand Tetons. The prince is looking to bag a bear -- and hires Slocum’s friend Hugh as his guide....
Slocum gets spooked in San Francisco! Frisco’s one hell of a town -- full of gamblers, loose women…and ghosts? Slocum’s old friend Captain Caleb Newcombe needs his help with a problem: his post in the Presidio is being overrun by mor...
A BEVY OF BLACK WIDOWS Slocum has a sultry songbird in hand -- until some cold-blooded killer murders her in her sleep. Even if it means a treacherous journey across the Old West, Slocum vows to bring the culprit to six-gun justice. Following some o...
Slocum gets mixed up with a real man-eater!Half the town of Poleaxe has gone crazy for the seductive voice and voluptuous charms of Tiger Lil Kirkland -- and the other half is waiting up for them at home with a rolling pin. John Slocum oughta k...
ETERNAL GRATITUDE When renegade Apaches abduct Albert Grant's daughter, the Texan cattle baron wants Slocum to rescue her. Slocum agrees on one condition -- that Grant stops harassing the Mormon "widows" who lost their husbands when anti-polygamy la...
What you don’t see can kill you…When a gallant cavalry sergeant is killed while saving him from a Sioux war party, Slocum is honor-bound to fulfill the man’s dying wish and send the Thibadeaux family bible to his sister. But after the stagecoac...
Slocum’s left high and dry…Dehydration, Wyoming, lives up to its name. Slocum sees water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink -- since a local magnate built a dam, hoarding all the agua for himself. Desperate, the local law offers f...
Danger with a silver lining…Navigating the sun-ravaged trails of Death Valley is hard enough. Doing it while transporting precious stashes of silver bars is asking for trouble. And with a gang of cutthroat robbers called the Mojave Guns lying in wa...
Fool’s gold gets a deadly new twist…Overnight, Victory has turned into a booming gold-rush town, all centered around the worthless stock certificates being sold by Andy Stevenson -- a conman’s gullible assistant. Not realizing it’s a gigantic...
Slocum can’t refuse a damsel in distress.Slocum can get on his boss’ good side -- and make a lofty sum of money -- by returning his kidnapped wife, Julia Hodges. There’s only one catch: Julia doesn’t want to be rescued. She saved herself from...
Slocum’s reached the end of his rope against the Hemp clan…Down to his last few dollars in the town of Hard Luck, Slocum decides to collect a bounty when he spies wanted man Asa Hemp. Unwilling to come peacefully, the outlaw finds himself on the ...
They’ll put a fire in your gut…In a dirt-squat mining town near Mexico, Slocum walks in on a bloody mess after a shopkeeper is tortured and murdered by border-hopping mescal movers out for a quick plunder. With time short, Slocum takes the job of...
There’s trouble brewing on the border -- and Slocum’s steamed…The word is out: a rogue pack of Apache warriors from up north is on the move. Led by the legendary Geronimo, they’re thirsty for blood -- Mexican blood -- and they’ll trample an...
Slocum plans on putting someone to pasture...Secrets run deep in Apache Wells, Arizona, where someone is preying on the premium ponies -- picking up horses and leaving them out to dry…in pieces. When John Slocum gets lassoed in to put a stop to it,...
Slocum’s caught in the middle of a rancher’s rumble… When an American and a Mexican rancher square off over some border-hopping cattle, they hire gunslingers to settle the dispute. And Slocum finds himself up against his sometime friend a...
The cavalry needs to be rescued -- from Slocum!When Slocum is saddled with a debt he can’t carry, pretty Laurel Atkins saves his hide -- and convinces him how badly she needs his gun. She tells him her husband is a cavalry sergeant who’s missing,...
Insanity is only a state of mind…After being duped into a bank robbery in Austin, Texas, John Slocum finds himself hunted by a posse of Texas Rangers. He’s saved by the beautiful Gretchen Helmann, but there’s a price. Gretchen’s dastardly bro...
Some things you pay for with blood…All Slocum wanted in Charlotte’s Town was a little rest. But local ranchers are mysteriously disappearing…or being murdered. Thornton Real Estate ends up owning their land, and the sheriff doesn’t do a thing...
A six-shooter doesn’t do much good when you’re six feet under… Slocum likes to bury himself in his work…but now he’s in way over his head. Trapped underground, fighting for his life, all he can do is think about how he got into this m...
A town with a bite that’s worse than its bark… Slocum reckons he won’t find anything but trouble in a town called Hangdog. And he’s right on the money. Slocum’s good buddy, David Mix, is in danger of losing his land -- and his life. An...
It’s open season on the open range…Slocum knows better than to get mixed up in other people’s battles. But when he rescues the Tewksbury family from marauding Apache, he has little choice but to get them home safely. Their Circle T ranch is in ...
They’re out for blood, but after the wrong man…A pit stop in Las Vegas along the appropriately named “Journey of Death” lands Slocum in jail -- but not for long. They’ve got the wrong man, and after Slocum’s escape there are bounty hunt...
A LADY'S REQUEST Wink Trent's husband and son were murdered when a gang of outlaws led by Colonel Charles Bowdry rode hell bent for leather into a Kansas town and robbed the bank. Now, the young widow wants the bandits to pay for their crimes-and...
Slocum’s bite is as bad as his bark.Slocum is on his way to visit an old friend, but the town of Dead Dog is a good site less than friendly. His old buddy Vance has been killed -- leaving a daughter behind to defend their ranch against Kansas Totem...
You can fool the law, but you can’t trick Slocum.Some Mexican outlaws are pretending to be Apaches as they wreak havoc across the west. Their despicable leader Diaz has the help of two fugitives -- who have it out for Slocum ever since he put them ...
Slocum won’t let these snakes slip through his hands… Young, pretty Agnes Glitch is wealthy but alone in the world. When she witnesses a murder by Slick Hannah, she flees St. Louis, where she’s almost as well-known as the notorious gangste...
Slocum’s short fuse is going to blow some gold thieves sky high!Slocum’s lost his horse trying to raise a grub stake against cardsharps in Cripple Creek. Hungry and broke in a hostile boomtown, Slocum literally falls into a job -- when an explosi...
Slocum’s between four stone killers and a half-human wild man!Slocum crosses hell getting Caleb Castle to Silver City to close a rich land deal -- and receives a mighty tempting offer from Castle’s daughter to settle down. But then he meets Mayer...
VENGEANCE AT THEIR HEELS With jobs hard to come by after the war, Slocum jumps at the chance to wrangle wild cattle -- and get some food in his belly. He's in good company with another cowboy, the one-eyed Mexican Paco, and a beautiful escaped Comanc...
Slocum’s in town -- and in charge…It’ll take more than a blowhard in a tin badge to bring law and order to Shot Creek. A range war is brewing -- and bringing the whole town down with it. The mayor of Shot Creek needs a hero -- and he’s lookin...
Slocum’s in the range war from hell!Belle Nelson killed two bounty hunters who murdered the wrong man -- her husband -- before the third high-tailed it. The sheriff praised Belle’s bravery, but she’s not waiting for the law to catch the one tha...
Make no bones about it -- Slocum’s out for revenge…He’s crossed the treacherous Sierra Madres. He’s suffered the deaths of his friend and lover. He’s been thrown into a rat-filled pit by drunken sailors. John Slocum’s trip to San Francis...
Slocum saves a foursome of frisky fillies!Slocum's in charge of some precious cargo -- four young ladies looking for love. Unwilling to share their husbands, they’re escaping the Mormon life of Salt Lake City to marry respectably in Colorado. ...
COLD CASH Joe Cash is fit to be lynched when Slocum first sees him. Unaware of the man's name -- let alone his nasty lack of character -- Slocum takes pity on him and saves his neck. Getting them both mixed up in a ranch war, Cash turns from bad to ...
Slocum's about to learn a lesson in love -- and larceny!Between the mysterious bank robber lurking outside town and the crazed miner armed to the teeth inside it, Slocum would prefer to leave Dry Water in the dust -- that is, until the new schoolmarm...
Slocum turns from prey to hunter…On the run from outlaws, Slocum meets up with an abandoned Indian girl. If they can survive the savage mountain winter, he just might get away from the crooks who want him dead. But a woman in town needs help...
Slocum’s got bullets -- and he knows how to use ’em…Slocum has a big, juicy bone to pick with Sluice Godfrey. A while back, the varmint tricked him into fighting on the wrong side of a range war, killing innocents. Sentenced to swing, Sluice ha...
Slocum teams up with a rough n' tumble babe!On a scouting job outside the town of Ogallala, Slocum teams up with a tough-talking gal who can handle herself on the trail -- and just about any place else. With the Yoakum Gang on the loose, and the Siou...
Slocum lays down the law.What was supposed to be a pit stop in Frisby Flats now has Slocum in over his head in the cotton business. Billy Joe Cotton, that is. He’s a local who’s being pinned with the blame for a whole lot of cattle rustling and s...
When a dirt-broke Slocum finds a strongbox full of cash beside a Texas stream, he thinks his luck might have finally turned. But it?s really just his bad luck turned worse, leading him toward a showdown with the murderous Rebel Jack Holtz....
SLOCUM's on edge... The Schuylkill Butchers have been rustling cattle, robbing stagecoaches, and brutally mutilating the citizens of Sharpesville, Montana. Now, Slocum's going to teach them the folly of bringing knives and cleavers to a gunfight....
Slocum teams up with a tough-talking tomboy!When Slocum rescues a skinny young gal from a band of Apache bandits, he gets more than the usual gratitude. On his way into Mexico to finish them off, she insists on going along -- disguised as a man in he...
Slocum sticks his neck out for a woman wronged. When Slocum meets lovely young Perla, he learns that the New Mexican woman’s haughty manner masks fear. The Booster Brothers -- rustlers who raped and robbed her, killed women and children, and m...
Slocum squares off with a low-down lawman!Her name is Bob -- short for Roberta -- and when her brother gets framed for stealing horses, it’s up to her to be the man of the ranch. But when a no-good deputy wants control of the land, he hurts her bad...
SLOCUM?s blast from the past... Twenty years ago, Slocum sent the outlaw Durango to prison. Once he?s released, Durango goes back to his outlaw ways, terrorizing the folks in the village of Annahia. Now Slocum has to outwit Durango, before the out...
Slocum hunts a madman in a GIANT adventure. Major Clayton McGee is hunting for his wife and daughter?and he will never stop. No matter how many people he and his men have to slaughter. And the only one who can stop his murderous rampage is Slocum....
Don’t fence Slocum in…After rescuing Jackson Wimmer from a gang of rustlers, John Slocum accepts the rancher’s offer of a job as foreman on the Bar-S Ranch. Between the drunken incompetence of the cowboys and his boss’s intemperate dispositio...
You have to be crazy to cross Slocum.After a rough run-in with a bunch of Apaches, Slocum is left without a horse in the hottest, driest place next to hell -- West Texas. He stumbles into Eagle Pass looking for some relief. Yet it’s the town tha...
She’s a chance worth killing for…John Slocum is engaged with a fine filly when a hot-lead hurricane forces him to switch calibers and join the fray. It seems a posse is looking for a certain woman named Eliza Banner -- she owes them serious money...
Slocum’s spellbound by a bewitching beauty…The folks of Westlake aren’t usually a superstitious lot. But one woman has them believing she can curse livestock, concoct love potions, and make anyone foolish enough to cross her disappear -- foreve...
When a cheater runs off with his poker money and gets killed, Slocum's jailed for murder, then rescued by a British beauty. But when he realizes what her bullying brother wants from him, Slocum wants out....
Slocum heads into a gold mine -- and it’s going to be a blast…In the past few days, Slocum has been framed -- then jailed -- for murdering a bar owner. He’s been freed -- then seduced -- by a mystery woman. Broke and on the run, he’s hired at...
Father and son, on the run…John Slocum is already riding ragged when his horse needs tending, forcing him to stop in Sleepy Creek. He's being hunted by Goose Martin--a man with a bad reputation and a worse need to put Slocum down for good. But gett...
Slocum’s trail leads to an old enemy…Harvey Smollets is a rustler and murderer out of Tucson, Arizona. He has been on the run since he crossed paths with John Slocum, evading the law and hoping to lose himself in the cities of northern California...
When a young Mormon wife is kidnapped by an Apache medicine man, John Slocum follows their trail to the Sierra Madres-and encounters a very nasty surprise....
A pistol-packing prairie princess, the legendary outlaw Belle Starr is about to give Slocum the ride of his life....
Shackled in jail and charged with murder was not how Slocum hoped to spend his time in Montana. He's there for killing a man he never met in a town he never heard of. And even if he can escape this jail, he'll have men on his tail-and letting 'em liv...
A greedy businessman has rallied the law, locals, rustlers, and outlaws to try to get his hands on the land of one of John Slocum's friends. Big mistake....
A race across the West has fifty daring contestants fighting for a prize of 50 grand. Slocum thinks it's just bull, until a buxom beauty gets him involved in order to find her missing brother. And now he's in it to win it....
SLOCUM needs eyes on the back of his head. John Slocum is having a fine time traveling across Indian Territory, until he's knocked out and robbed of a pocket full of poker winnings, his gun, and his horse. But getting back what's his will pit Sloc...
Slocum learns firsthand that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... Playing cards with a whiskey trader in the wilds of Texas, John Slocum wins a white woman in a bet. Until recently she was a captive of the Comanche, used and abused like nobody...
Slocum learns firsthand that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... Playing cards with a whiskey trader in the wilds of Texas, John Slocum wins a white woman in a bet. Until recently she was a captive of the Comanche, used and abused like nobody...
A killer has slipped through Slocum's fingers, stealing one of his most prized possessions. Rest assured when Slocum gets his hands on this repeat offender yet again, he won't be facing jail time. He'll be meeting his maker....
When Slocum wins a white woman in a card game, he follows a twisted trail back to her greedy husband. The man wants to end his marriage once and for all--unaware of just how far Slocum is willing to go to protect the woman's assets....
John Slocum has enough skills to join an outlaw's gang, but only long enough to generate heat with a blacksmith's daughter . . . and find a way to collect the bounty on a thieving killer's head....
Slocum loses his horse-and his temper. With two dead deputies to his credit, Rafe Masterson continues to raise hell across the frontier. But then he makes the mistake of shooting the horse out from under one of the deadliest gunfighters in the wes...
Set up by a drunken station agent, Slocum fails to pull off a daring stagecoach robbery. Now the long arm of the law wants to stick his head in a noose....
SLOCUM's running hot and cold... When Slocum gets his hands on some stolen silver, he slips into Tombstone hoping to enjoy his winnings peacefully. But that's not the case as he gets in the middle of a family dispute over a mine, between lovely s...
LADY BEHIND THE REINS John Slocum has known plenty of wild women. But tough-as-nails teamster Willa Malloy is a different breed of beauty. And she's out for blood after a pack of renegade Apaches kills her driving partner. Lucky for her, Slocum has ...
YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER John Slocum is no saint, but neither is he a Six-Gun Devil, the title of a yellowback novel chronicling a massacre he supposedly perpetrated. Unfortunately, a bounty hunter believes the tall tale and comes looking...
MAN OF THE HOUSE John Slocum never minded visiting houses of ill fame -- until he loses a pat hand in a poker game and finds himself paying by playing bouncer at the local brothel. A big rodeo's coming to town, and the place needs a hard man to tak...
SLOCUM's on the trail of his most wily opponent yet-a man's memory. John Slocum collected a $7,000 bounty on Teddy Cutler. But now Teddy's free as a bird-with no recollection of robbing four stagecoaches and killing three men. Does Teddy's conditi...
SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN TOMBSTONE John Slocum thought he'd faced every kind of lowlife the West had to offer. But he's just met the most dangerous outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona, and they don't carry guns. They're lawyers. These vultures have descended...
BLOODY BROTHERS John Slocum has plenty of bad memories from the Civil War. Now, one of them has returned: Jesse James -- who rode alongside Slocum under William Quantrill. Jesse and his gang have a big score, and they want Slocum to come in with the...
NO FEAR John Slocum is in Reno to see a man about a horse -- a broke-down nag given to him as payment by a hornswoggling horse trader. But his attempt to get his money's worth may end up costing him even more. Because the only way Slocum is going to...
BLOOD ON THE RANGE John Slocum rides into a booming cow town at the request of an old friend who needs his, help. Too bad his friend is already six feet under with a fatal case of lead poisoning, courtesy of a local rancher with a mile-wide mean str...
BLOODY MONEY When John Slocum rides into the mining town of Leadville a little down on his luck, he doesn't expect to get swindled out of his last gold piece. And when he finds the man responsible for the counterfeit money and doles out his own form...
THE BEST LAWMAN MONEY CAN BUY Dangerous criminals are loose in Arizona Territory and no one is safe. After stumbling into a lucky arrest, John Slocum's eager to deal out justice by capturing all the gunslinging bandits in Phoenix and putting 'em beh...
THE CAVALIER HAS ARRIVED On his way to handle a simple courier run, Slocum stumbles upon trouble and finds himself protecting a man with a death wish. Dangerous barkeeps and shifty criminals all want a piece of the man Slocum must defend. For once, ...
He calls himself the Cockroach. Hated by the good and feared by the bad, this Mexican bandit's atrocities are downright ugly. Time to call in an exterminator-by the name of John Slocum....
Jasmine and Lydia Lorraine are a mother and daughter act touring the west-and the only survivors of a bloody attack. And without Slocum's help, the killer might just finish the job....
NO ONE GETS AWAY WITH IT... Slocum may be a bad man -- but he's an even worse man to rile up. So when a good friend is brutally murdered by the savage Hudson brothers, he sets out to return the favor with interest. But the trail of vengeance is neve...
After finding three dead bodies floating in a river, Slocum becomes a prisoner of a mysterious man known as the Emperor. But when Slocum's done with him, the Emperor's new clothes will be courtesy of an undertaker....
Cowboys seeking companionship can always find a woman flaunting her feminine wiles at the Socorro Saloon. But once lured inside, they fall prey to bad men in the employ of Willie Scroggs. Linda Littlepage fears for the women working for her at the sa...
Conchita is so persuasive that Slocum agrees to bust her brother Jose out of San Quentin. But after they breakout, the two seem a lot closer than brother and sister-and frame Slocum for a crime he didn't commit. Now it's payback time....
Jack Halsey wants Slocum's help tracking the pack of wolves who robbed him of some of his fingers-and something far more valuable. But as Jack's story keeps changing, Slocum must uncover what the man is really hiding....
When Slocum faces down some hard cases in Yellowstone, one thing's as sure as Old Faithful-the gunfight will end in a geyser of blood....
When three greenhorn prospector are ambushed and killed-and another one goes missing-on Slocum's watch, he's got to set things right by finding the lost man. Turns out someone is running a scavenger trade, preying on miners. But gold is no match for ...
After a drunken night in Dodge City, Slocum realizes he was robbed in a game of poker. And when he find the men responsible, he sets out to beat them at their own game....
While escorting precious cargo to Salt Lake City, Slocum meets a stunning heiress with a mysterious chest. Pursued by roughnecks, he finds himself caught in a deadly mix of beauty, bounty, and bullets....
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT Slocum's having trouble sleeping in Abilene. The town's overrun with rowdy, drunken cowboys, but what's really got him wide awake is Mac, the man who just shot open his hotel room door accusing him of stealing his wife, Mart...
KIDNAPPED BY KIOWA There’s only one thing more vicious than the west Texas wind as it blows through Palo Duro Canyon -- and that’s a band of bloodthirsty Kiowa. Answering a woman’s call for help, Slocum comes across the scene of a brutal am...
Finders Keepers… With buzzards circling in the sky, young Tom Garvin hopes his search for the lost cattle of the Bar M Ranch has not ended in vain. It turns out the carrion those birds are after isn’t cows but the body of a man hanging from a...
DEPUTY DANGER With his dying words, a sheriff tells Slocum to find the men who shot him. Though he’s never been too partial to the law, Slocum accepts the mission -- and even the deputy’s badge that goes with it. Finding the bad men in Spence...
MINING FOR TROUBLE When a call for help comes from his old friend Wally, John Slocum rides into Halcyon Valley. Wally needs protection for his gold mine and Slocum’s never run from trouble before. But ruthless Jess Cordwainer’s got the valley in...
AN ILL WIND… Driving the stagecoach to Fort Stockton without a shotgun messenger is keeping John Slocum on his toes. He’s carrying a huge payroll for the Army, and he’s dead sure road agents are after it. But before he can tackle the sharpsho...
BREED TO DEATH Slocum has just ridden into Diamond City, but with hardly a chance to clean his whistle, a man approaches him with a job. Casey O’Riley lost two rare-breed racehorses -- and his wife -- to a couple no-good outlaws. He’ll pay top d...
DEVIL IN DISGUISE Three of Slocum’s friends, and damn good people at that, are needlessly killed in Arizona by the spineless murderer Tunk Mueller. While chasing this outlaw through Nevada, Slocum runs smack-dab into a Bible-thumping madman, his ...
BEARER OF BAD NEWS Slocum needs to get out of Saint Joseph, Missouri, thanks to a money-grubbing sheriff who fines him every chance he gets. When newcomer Ed Warren is held up, Slocum shoots the would-be robber, only to be levied with yet another...
DARK DEEDS It was too dark to see, but the sounds of gunfire and agony were unmistakable. When day came, and Mirabelle Comstock saw what the three men had done to her husband for the sake of information about some hidden gold -- information they ...
A HEFTY GRATUITY While driving two lovelorn mail-order brides from Denver, Obadiah Gump is attacked by five rifle-wielding Apache braves. Fortunately for the three travelers, John Slocum happens to be passing by, on his way to deliver some horses...
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING Marianne Lomax stands to inherit a huge silver claim -- as soon as she gets past a few problems. Thieves are after the claim, the assay office has burned down, and the only copy of the deed is hidden. John Sloc...
DOUBLE DUTY When Slocum’s good friend Colonel Gill McKee makes a trade for two sisters who were captured by Comanches, he agrees to return Elania and Katrina Proctor to their wealthy merchant father in Santa Fe. But with winter raging, Slocum w...
Out in the remote Wasatch Mountains, there isn’t much in the way of employment. Luckily, Slocum has a job at the sawmill that will do just fine. But when the owner of the mill tells him he wants a man to hunt down the crook who stole his wife’s j...
Man vs. Nature Bismarck, North Dakota, is no place to be in the middle of winter. So when a young beauty bedecked in jewels shows up in the local saloon looking for a card game, Slocum can't help but be intrigued. Especially when she turns out to...
THE LADY VANISHES John Slocum's riding his Appaloosa to the Triple T Ranch for work when he decides to pay a visit to his longtime friend Marybeth Meecher. But instead of a smile from her shining face, he's greeted by the business end of a shotgu...
WORST REGARDS Slocum knew he’d be turning a few heads riding into the small town of Davis Junction with a dead man slumped over his horse. After a vicious ambush forces him to make a few outlaws into corpses, Slocum figures there might be a bo...
DEAD TO RIGHTS Hiram Bledsoe founded the town of Sawtooth, Wyoming, and he takes a piece of every penny that changes hands on its dusty streets. But that isn't enough for this greed-crazed madman anymore. He wants every ounce of gold out of the S...
THE WRONG MAN TO CROSS Slocum is working as a cowpuncher on the edge of the North Dakota Badlands when his hotheaded boss accuses him of stealing fifty head of cattle. Next thing he knows he's been buffaloed and his horse has been stolen by his e...
SAVAGE TRAIL It's the closest shave Slocum's ever had--and that's saying plenty. But rescuing a dark-haired beauty seconds ahead of Apache war parties is just the start of one long nightmare ride that leads to Raul Gomez, an outlaw who's using th...
BULLETS ARE ON THE HOUSE When Slocum sides with an outnumbered traveler against three bushwhackers, the unfortunate man before dying wills his saloon to the helpful gunman. Slocum takes to the job like a natural, but nothing in life comes free. A...
HELL HATH NO FURY Slocum is on his way to Durango to see a man about a horse--four horses, in fact--when he watches a mining blast send a man to his death. In the distance he spies the distinctive shape of a woman in man's clothing making her get...
BEASTS OF THE WILD Lately, John Slocum has been trying to avoid trouble and save a little money--but a gunslinger like Slocum can't stay out of the action for long. When two men are brutally mauled by an unseen something (or someone) on Fall Pass...
HIDES AND SEEK Upon the discovery of three mutilated corpses, John Slocum’s potentially lucrative buffalo hunt through Kansas is put on hold. When Colonel Charles Bradford and his men arrive to claim the body of his niece, Slocum can’t help b...
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS These days, if it wasn't for bad luck, John Slocum would have no luck at all. He's got no horse and is only one step ahead of vicious bounty hunters--meaning that his only way out of San Diego is to stow away on the trouble-pl...
BETWEEN TWO EVILS A wanted man with no horse, a gun with only two bullets, and no hat to cover his head, John Slocum hopes with every passing day that he'll be forgotten by the law. After escaping a close call with a lion and a rattlesnake, Slocu...
DEVIL IN DISGUISE When Slocum stops in the town of Pico Alto, Nevada, a late night at the saloon leads to a brutal encounter with a trio of thieves and ends when a redheaded angel brings him home to tend to his wounds. All in all, things could ha...
A BARGAIN WITH DEATH Passing uneasily through the dried-up town of Espero, Texas, John Slocum learns soon enough that his apprehension is justified. After a not-so-friendly welcome at the Six Feet Under Saloon, he's given the choice between a bul...
RUNNING WILD Slocum is on the trail to Billings, Montana, with a load of farm equipment when his wagon train is attacked by a Cheyenne war party. Under siege, he kidnaps the chief's daughter, Snow, and holds her hostage as a ticket to safety. It ...
THE GUN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE PEN After a shootout in Harrison's Crossing takes their guide out of commission, Slocum finds himself the unlikely escort to a pair of helpless Easterners. Lily-livered writer Rory Randolph and his beautiful secretary...
Caught in a snowstorm in the Cascade Range, Slocum tries to bed down in the heavy Oregon woods. But when he finds himself in the crosshairs of a pair of inhuman glowing eyes--accompanied by a terrifying screech and an unbearable stench--he realizes t...
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS While hunting elk in the Colorado Rockies, John Slocum hears a terrible explosion, followed by a frightening rumble. As he rides along the canyon, he comes upon the settlement of Wolf Creek where an avalanche has buried ...
THE FINAL NOVEL IN TODAY'S LONGEST-RUNNING ACTION WESTERN Down on his luck in San Francisco, John Slocum takes a contract with the Central California Railroad. He's given the difficult task of locating a stolen shipment of silver worth over one h...
Even wizards in the U.S. armed forces have to go home some time.
First Magus Brent Rogers of the US Army stationed in Afghanistan is ordered to return home on furlough. Considered a war mage, he is trained to find enemies at a distance, to ...