Popular Comics #126
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn this 1946 issue of Popular Comics, young Billy takes to the skies with a promise to his father to fly only for business—until a sudden shadow from above sends a herd of wild mustangs into chaos. When a rider is thrown into the stampede, Billy dives in to help, accidentally clearing the way for Jeff and his crew. The unexpected rescue leads to an unlikely partnership: Jeff, seeing the plane as a tool for profit, asks Billy to teach him to fly. Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Irving Tripp, with inks also by Tripp, this story blends frontier grit with the wonder of early aviation in a moment that turns a boy’s promise into a shared adventure.
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Pa admonishes Billy for having buzzed and stampeded neighbor Jim Thorbel's beef herd. Billy agrees to fly business only. Billy avoids 50 wild mustangs Jeff & crew herd to the trap-corral. The plane's shadow stampedes the herd. Billy sees a rider thrown from his mount into the stampede. Billy dives at the leading mares, who swerve into Jeff, who dives to ground. Stallion leaps. Jeff fumes. Billy descends, apologizes, invites Jeff as he air-herds the herd. Jeff sees a plane equals profits, asks Billy to teach him. Billy is delighted, as now he can buzz horse while keeping his word to Pa.
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