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Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #2

Jul 1950 · Magazine Enterprises · 0.10 USD
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A young orphan named Micky joins Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B ranch after being rescued from hardship, and Bobby promises to help him find his way. The main story follows Bobby's involvement in a scheme to predict weather and relocate livestock; at an auction, Golly Whillikers spotlights a Comanche coup stick, and a mysterious character known as the Lemonade Kid—actually a U.S. government security officer carrying fake gunpowder and a hollow bullet filled with red liquid—pursues stolen racehorses across the Rio Grande. Bobby is hired as a gunfighter to stop the bad hats running the horses and retrieve them for the Big Texas Ranch.

Contains 4 stories
Boy Killer?
9 pp · Western-Frontier
Bobby BensonTex MasonWindy WalesMicky O'HaraHotshot

When a troubled young drifter named Micky O'Hara is taken in by Bobby Benson at the B-Bar-B Ranch, the boy's hardened attitude clashes sharply with the kindness of Bobby and his crew—until a hard-fought test of character and a genuine offer of friendship begin to crack his defensive shell. As Micky discovers what it means to belong, an unwelcome figure from his past arrives with dangerous leverage, threatening everything he's started to build. Bobby Benson and his friends face a question that cuts to the heart of redemption: can they stand by Micky when the stakes turn personal?

Windy Wales, Singing Star of the Movies!
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Windy WalesBobby BensonTex MasonSylvesterDakotaRoy RaleighCherokeeHarka

Windy Wales has dreamed his whole life of becoming a singing movie star, and when a film crew arrives in town, he's determined to audition—but his well-meaning persistence accidentally interrupts a scene and gets him thrown off the set. Undeterred, Windy sneaks back and turns on the cameras to perform for the crew, only to be mistaken for the movie's leading man Roy Raleigh by a pair of actual outlaws looking for ransom. Things spiral into real danger when Windy and his friends find themselves caught in a shootout with genuine crooks posing as extras, forcing them all to scramble for their lives in what Windy still believes might be part of his big break.

The Great Balloon Trick!
7 pp · Western-Frontier
Bobby BensonTex MasonHero (Bobby's dog)Windy WalesIrish

When Bobby Benson buys a Comanche coup stick at a local auction, he thinks he's scored a neat souvenir—but two hired guns have other ideas, convinced the relic holds something far more valuable. Bobby finds himself pinned down in Rattlesnake Canyon with dwindling ammunition and a desperate situation, forcing him to pull off an ingenious escape using the very weather balloons he'd ordered for his ranch experiments. It's a wild chase that proves sometimes the best way out of trouble is thinking on your feet.

The Quicksand Trail!
7 pp · Western-Frontier
The Lemonade Kid (security officer for the US government)El PesimoJuanCarlos

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $26
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $536*
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $142*
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $113*
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Full credits

artist, inker Bob Powell
cover pencils, inks Bob Powell

Reprints

Reprinted in Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #3 (1950), Tomahawk #4/1969 (1969), Best of the West #28 (2002), A-1 Comics: A Retrospective #145 (2016), Gwandanaland Comics #390 (2017)

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