Bill Boyd Western Comic Annual #5

In "The Case of the Broken Neck," a cunning con artist manipulates the town’s blacksmith with a false claim of a miracle iron, threatening to ruin him unless paid five thousand dollars. Written by Bill Boyd and illustrated by the artist credited in the annual, the story unfolds with tense showdowns and sharp wit in the dusty frontier world of 1960.

In "The Signature of Death," a desperate old miner is coerced into signing a loan under threat of a gun, only to be shot moments later by the swindler who plans to use the signature to claim the gold mine. When Hopalong investigates, he finds that the signature itself holds a subtle clue that unravels the killer’s scheme.