Smiley Burnette Western #2

Mustang Mack watches in dismay as the perpetually clumsy Boggs repeatedly smashes his own thumb while trying to hammer a nail at the Circle Q bunkhouse—until Mack finally offers some good-natured advice on how to avoid the painful mishap. This one-page western humor tale delivers exactly what its title promises: a straightforward comedic lesson in frontier practicality.

Smiley Burnette, editor of the Burnette's Bugle, finds himself caught between a vengeful lawyer and a scheme to put him out of business. When a rival editor fakes a libelous edition under Smiley's name, it sets off a chain of misunderstandings that puts the truth-telling newspaperman in real danger. Smiley must dodge bullets and expose the real culprit before his press—and his reputation—get destroyed.

Red Eagle, the newly appointed chief of the Canugas tribe, races into a dark forest when a child goes missing—only to find himself surrounded by a pack of fierce timber wolves. With the youngster in danger and escape through the woods impossible, Red Eagle must use his wits and resourcefulness to devise a desperate trap before the hungry pack closes in. This tale of a young leader proving his mettle against nature's killers shows that courage and quick thinking can overcome even the fiercest odds.

Smiley Burnette, editor of the Rock Head Bugle, finds himself caught between a smooth-talking peddler hawking lightning rods and a cattle roundup that depends on the weather forecast his paper just printed—trouble is, dark clouds are rolling in. When a stampede and a lightning strike leave Smiley trapped between charging longhorns and the fury of the storm itself, his quick thinking and that dubious lightning rod may be the only things standing between him and the last roundup.

Smiley Burnette, the newspaper editor of Rock Head Territory's Bugle, gets roped into an outlandish scheme when a band of mountain cowboys proclaim him their king and spirit him away to a hidden throne. While Smiley tries to play along for a good story, he discovers the whole affair is a setup to distract him while a crook named Greedy raids his office safe—and things get stranger still when loco weed clouds his mind. Smiley must outwit his captors and recover his friend's stolen money before the situation spirals completely out of control.

Halfwit Hack runs into an old acquaintance who's frustrated that the scatterbrained cowboy keeps forgetting—or consistently misremembering—his name, insisting on calling him by the wrong color every time they meet. When pressed to explain himself, Hack reveals an unexpected reason for his chronic mix-up that sets up the punchline in this quick-witted western humor tale.