Cowboy Western Comics #34

In "Gunfight At Hayes City," a boastful stranger challenges Marshal Hickok’s courage, provoking a brawl that turns deadly when the man draws on him—only to find Hickok was ready for the cheat all along.

A Mess When a smooth-talking con artist poses as a sweet old woman to lure the quick-draw Pecos Bill into a deadly trap, Tiger Lil—a champion lady wrestler—steps in to save the day. But Pecos's gratitude takes an unexpected turn when he completely misunderstands what Tiger Lil is really asking for, leading to a humorous tangle of crossed wires that lands them both in an entertaining predicament.

A biographical sketch of Francisco "Pancho" Villa, the legendary Mexican rebel who earned the title "Robin Hood of Mexico" by stealing from the wealthy to aid the poor who followed him devotedly. Born to humble beginnings, Villa transformed himself from a poor, uneducated man into a military commander whose raids and exploits captivated both international press and the Mexican people—the rich feared him while the poor revered him. His outsized personality and appetite for publicity made him a figure of enduring fascination, inspiring books and films long after his death.

When timber termites threaten to destroy the North Woods' forests, loggers turn to the legendary Paul Bunyan for help. Paul devises an ingenious solution: he travels south, catches a population of woodpeckers, and releases them in the northern timber to feast on the destructive insects. Grandpa tells his grandson how this action set off a chain of events that explains the woodpeckers' yearly return—and how bird migration itself came to be.

A man wanted for bank robbery and murder meets his doppelgänger on the range and devises a diabolical swap—assuming his double's identity to escape his past, complete with the fortune his look-alike had stolen. But when both men's sins catch up with them in the town of Big Rock, justice takes a twisted turn neither could have predicted.