Gabby Hayes #57

A sharp-witted cowboy finds Cactus Brain still in bed and won't wake up, only to discover the solution to this puzzle is much simpler than expected. This one-page romp plays on a joke that lands with the perfect timing a Western humor comic demands.

Gabby Hayes, foreman of the Bar Nothing Ranch, thinks his prized horse Corker is the smartest in the West—until the day Corker actually starts talking! When the chatty horse spills embarrassing secrets all over town, a pair of desperate criminals decide they need to silence him before he can testify against them. Gabby's got to rescue his four-legged pal and figure out what's really going on in Rawhide.

When a hungry stranger stops by Hill Billy's place looking for a meal, he learns the surprising reason why his host hasn't had any milk in quite some time—and it's got nothing to do with the cow. This 1956 frontier humor tale from Gabby Hayes delivers a punchline that plays on Hill Billy's particular brand of frontier logic.

When Gabby Hayes, the fearless foreman of the Bar Nothing Ranch, takes a hard spill during a bronco-busting session, he fears the worst: his eardrums are busted and he can't hear a sound. Desperate for help from Doc Jones, he finds the physician's office empty and gets mistaken for the doctor himself by an outlaw who drags him to a hideout where an injured gang member urgently needs medical attention. What unfolds is a series of misunderstandings that only Gabby's quick wits and ability to read lips can navigate—all while a gun remains trained on his back.

Whitey Whiskers spins a tall tale about outrunning rabbits to impress a boy into practicing his speed—but the wily scheme backfires when his young mark discovers the truth and turns the tables in a foot race of his own. This 1956 western-humor romp proves that sometimes the fastest way to a doughnut is through a good con, even if you're not quite quick enough to pull it off.

When Gabby Hayes breaks up a stage holdup and learns of a masked criminal called the Whisperer who's been terrorizing the territory for four years, he sets out to track down the outlaw—only to discover the culprit's true identity hinges on a most peculiar detail. As Hayes pursues his quarry into a box canyon with his gun empty and the gang closing in, he'll need more than quick thinking to expose the criminal behind the disguise. A clever western tale about how the smallest clues can unmask even the most cunning outlaw.

Lil' Buck is hungry and eager to dig into lunch, but his mother has other ideas when she spots just how dirty the young man's hands are—and his response only makes matters worse in this rollicking frontier tale of household hijinks.