Spunky #6

Aunt Kate, a no-nonsense woman with a past as wild as the frontier, rides into town with a sharp eye and a sharper tongue. When she arrives at the Kidd ranch, she quickly spots something off about the charming banker Silas Toombs—especially when she recognizes the man behind the disguise as the notorious outlaw Blacky Cobb. With Spunky Kidd and Stanley by her side, Aunt Kate sets out to expose the fraud, turning the quiet frontier town upside down.

Pepito spots a mysterious box tumbling from a passing truck, hearing sailor-like chatter and seeing animal feet poke through the bottom. He takes it to town, where the locals dub it "the theeng" and scramble to figure out what’s inside—only for it to bolt every time someone tries to open it. When the truck’s men return to reclaim it, they reward Pepito with ten dollars, leaving the true identity of the creature a secret—though readers get a hint it was a parrot.

Spunky Kidd and Stanley ride into town with Stanley stubbornly keeping on a ten-gallon hat that’s clearly impairing his sight—until a riding mishap forces Spunky to take matters into his own hands. With a quick cut and a bit of ingenuity, Spunky finds a way to fix the hat, but the real fun’s in how the pair handle the situation.

Spunky Kidd and Stanley, tasked with cleaning the storeroom by Hank, turn the chore into a wild disguise game with old frontier gear. With Sam Kidd’s orders hanging over them, the boys trade their clothes for a pair of beaver-furred outfits and sneak out, hoping to escape their chores—only to find Hank’s not so easily fooled.

Spunky Kidd isn’t buying Stanley’s boast that he’s the best bucking horse around—until Stanley proves it, one wild ride at a time. As the antics pile up, the strain takes its toll, leaving both of them aching and exhausted from the effort.