Hopalong Cassidy #66

A smooth-talking salesman tries to convince a hill billy farmer to buy books on scientific agriculture, only to discover the farmer has a refreshingly honest take on his own abilities.

When two boys fighting over a kitten decide to settle their dispute with a lying contest, Whitey Whiskers steps in to deliver a stern lecture—only to have his own tall tale about never telling a fib backfire spectacularly. The kids crown him the winner for the biggest whopper, and Whitey finds himself stuck with the kitten and scrambling to save face with an increasingly outrageous story about a mountain lion that was doing the exact same thing he was. A clever little humor piece that turns the tables on a know-it-all pretty perfectly.

When a shipment of confiscated narcotics destined for destruction falls into criminal hands, Hopalong Cassidy must track down who's behind the theft and stop them before the dope floods the territory. With the dope ring leaders already behind bars, a new threat emerges—someone desperate enough to kill for the seized supply, and Hopalong has to uncover the connection before more damage is done.

Bird Brain heads to the city and decides to trade his frontier boots for a proper pair of shoes—only to be scandalized when the shopkeeper tries to sell him a used pair! This lighthearted western romp shows what happens when cowboy logic meets city commerce in "Shoe Crazy!"