Lash LaRue Western #34

When a stranger looking for cowboy work wanders into town, he runs into Thadeus B. Hambone, an actor eager to hire him as a stooge for his insulting routine—but Dusty's got other ideas about what kind of job he wants. Things take a wild turn when another potential employer offers him a chance to ride untamed horses with names like Killer, Murderer, and Dynamite, forcing Dusty to reconsider just how bad life as a comedy straight man might really be. This four-page romp is pure slapstick frontier humor, where dignity takes a backseat to survival.

When a desperate rancher facing foreclosure on his property hears that a neighbor owes him money, he hatches a scheme to fake his own kidnapping and collect ransom from the town—but Lash LaRue isn't fooled by the ruse. The marshal must untangle the plot and stop the rancher before greed turns the hoax into something far more dangerous.

A confused cowpoke's wildly wrong definition of an octopus leads to a laugh at the circus in this quick bit of frontier humor from *Lash LaRue Western* #34.

In this quick-fire frontier comedy, a character with a digestive complaint leads to a case of mistaken shellfish preparation, and later a messenger finds himself scrambling to explain a water-logged letter to the boss using some creative frontier logic. It's a pair of gags built on misunderstandings and literal interpretations that fit right into the lighthearted spirit of the series.

Lash LaRue races to save a crucial witness from Burgess's ruthless henchmen, who've dragged the man into the treacherous quicksand swamps. When the witness falls into shock from his ordeal, Lash must make a daring choice to restore his testimony—one that puts both men in deadly peril as the quicksand threatens to claim them. With only his loyal horse and his signature bullwhip between them and disaster, the roving marshal faces his most desperate gambit yet.