Tex Willer LU #163: Riječni pljačkaši

In The River Raiders, Tex Willer and his companions are trying to reach a penitentiary near Lake Athabasca. Their old friend Jim Brandon, a colonel in the Canadian Mounted Police, is being held there. A conspiracy has cost him his position and landed him in prison with a sentence of hard labour.

Joe Larkin sets a series of ambushes on the lake. Tex and his companions manage to get past them with Gros-Jean and Marc Larouche, a river pirate who has joined the party. As they draw closer to the prison, Brandon realises his life is in danger. With no way of knowing whether help will arrive in time, he starts planning his own escape.

Claudio Nizzi follows both sides of the rescue: Tex has to reach the prison while Brandon looks for a way out. Fernando Fusco uses the Canadian waterways to stage the ambushes, making the approach to the prison as dangerous as the escape itself. The story continues in Golden Arrow.