Gabby Hayes Western #32

Gabby Hayes teams up with Sheriff Slim Daggle to corner the rustler Buffalo Hyde and his gang in a mountain fortress, but the outlaws' well-stocked fort proves too tough to crack—leaving Gabby to devise an unconventional solution inspired by an unlikely source. With the help of the Bar Nothing waddies, Gabby constructs a massive wooden buffalo to smuggle his men inside the rustlers' stronghold, though the plan hits some unexpected snags once the Trojan scheme is set in motion.

Chief Gray Matter faces off against a skeptical cowpoke who challenges the wisdom everyone keeps praising—can the chief ask a question the fellow can't answer? When a clever riddle about the letter "M" stumps our challenger completely, it's a humbling lesson in underestimating brains over brawn.

When a tall-tale spinner tries to convince Loco Lew of an outlandish claim about a ten-foot ant with wings made of dollar bills, he finds his audience more skeptical than expected. Loco Lew doesn't fall for the story—but maybe for a reason the spinner didn't quite anticipate.

Young Falcon discovers that the man claiming to be government agent Todd Frost is an impostor when suspicious details—a fresh mountain goat hide and red clay on his horse—suggest he never came through the valley as he claimed. Following the false agent into the hills, Young Falcon uncovers a scheme to steal Red Hat's ore claim and eliminate the real government official. A confrontation ensues that will determine whether Red Hat's discovery remains rightfully his.

Scattershot Wilde, the world's worst shot, sees his gang desert him after one botched holdup too many—until he learns that Gabby Hayes is transporting the legendary Billy the Kid. Desperate to rebuild his reputation with the West's greatest gunslinger as his new ally, Scattershot pursues Gabby in a wild chase filled with fire, frogs, and misdirection. When guns finally come into play, Scattershot's trigger finger proves as unreliable as ever, with consequences neither he nor his men saw coming.

Sheriff Slim Daggle's got his hands full with Ben Dover, a troublemaking prisoner who's exploiting the law by refusing to leave jail—until Gabby Hayes stumbles onto the truth: Dover is actually the Gray Ghost, using his cell as the perfect alibi for a string of robberies. When Gabby uncovers the scheme, Dover ties him to an oncoming train, setting the stage for a desperate showdown that'll test whether Gabby's quick wits can outsmart a cornered outlaw.