Happy Comics #10

When a rumor about gold on Sleeky Wolf's property spreads through town, a scheming con artist disguises himself to trick folks into buying worthless parcels of land—until a real gold nugget turns up and upends his swindle in "The Gold Mine" from Happy Comics #10. What follows is a hilarious chain of misunderstandings, double-crosses, and surprise discoveries that'll leave you grinning at how fortune and foolishness can trade places in a heartbeat.

The Steeple Jack gets hired to install a flagpole for a patriotic garden party—but a series of wild mishaps, from mistaken identity with actual saboteurs to a tornado and a golf ball catastrophe, turn what should be a straightforward job into total pandemonium. By the time the dust settles, this resourceful worker manages to become an accidental hero, proving that in the world of steeple jacks, the higher you climb, the more chaos finds you.

Stuporbear, a bumbling superhero on the lookout for trouble, spots a help wanted ad and rockets off to an employment agency at 26 Oak Avenue—only to cause his usual brand of chaos upon arrival. When he witnesses what he thinks is a damsel in distress fleeing the building, he charges to her rescue, only to be captured by a pair of foreign agents who mistake him for someone of importance. With the help of Li'l Daisy, a plucky young woman with her own surprising abilities, Stuporbear must escape the clutches of a hidden spy ring and prove that even a dope can save the day.

Wallace Wolf is fed up with beans for dinner, and when Papa Bear shows up with a fishing proposition, he reluctantly agrees to a shore excursion that promises fresh fish—despite a telltale "Keep Out" sign posted at the restricted fishing spot. What begins as an ill-advised adventure quickly spirals into chaos when the pair tangles with the Aquarium Society's boat, and their day of angling turns into something far more complicated than either of them bargained for.