Western Hero #93

When Bill Boyd rides into Black Crow Corners to help an old friend at the Triple T Ranch, he stumbles into a web of cattle rustling and deception—the ranch's own foreman is secretly leading the gang that's been plaguing the territory. As Boyd and his friend find themselves caught in gunfire and treachery, Boyd must uncover the truth before the rustlers strike again and frame him for the crime.

Cactus Brain spots an eye-catching sign at the general store advertising something that seems impossible—clothes made of wood—and drags a skeptical friend along to see the proof for themselves. What starts as an amazing discovery takes a humorous turn when the truth behind the unusual merchandise is revealed.

Li'l Buck has a bad habit of biting his fingernails, and after getting caught red-handed by his mother, he faces losing his cookies for a whole month as punishment. When she catches him at it again, the young troublemaker has to think fast to talk his way out of trouble—but can he come up with an excuse that'll stick?

When Gabby Hayes innocently delivers a pair of decorative lamps to a stranger in Rawhide, he has no idea he's helping a gang of diamond smugglers get their contraband past the sheriff's posse—but the clever disguise is about to backfire in ways nobody expected. As the smugglers scramble to cover their tracks and eliminate witnesses, it'll take Gabby's quick thinking, his loyal burro Pancho Villa, and a healthy dose of frontier luck to save his friends and stop the operation cold.

Monte Hale rides into a deadly frame-up when he discovers his old friend Sam Freeman dead on the ranch—shot with Monte's own gun and leaving behind a note that accuses him of murder. With a lynch mob closing in and the sheriff forced to lock him away for trial, Monte must break out of jail to track down the real killer before sunrise, or swing for a crime he didn't commit.

When a prospector strikes it lucky finding a cigar butt, his back pain keeps him from enjoying the prize—but a conversation with a fellow westerner about a quirky doctor and his unconventional spine theory soon has him laughing again. "Jed and Ned" is a two-page humor yarn that spins tall-tale logic and frontier wit into a cheerful reminder that sometimes a good laugh is worth more than any treasure.

When Big Bow catches a young boy trying to steal a pie from a window, he lectures the child about honesty—only to turn around and eat the pie himself the moment the boy leaves. Big Bow's hypocrisy comes back to haunt him in a series of increasingly chaotic encounters involving pies, hoses, and comeuppances that prove Little Arrow might need a lesson in practicing what he preaches. This 1950 humor tale serves up a hefty dose of slapstick justice in just four pages.

Two legendary lawmen—Tom Mix and the renowned Federal Marshal Ricochet Ross—are set to join forces against a ruthless killer who's systematically hunting down sheriffs across the territory. But when a mysterious criminal swaps identities to drive a wedge between them, Mix finds himself facing off against the very man he came to trust, forced to uncover the truth before bullets settle the score.

Tenderfoot Ted arrives at a dude ranch where the locals quickly size him up as the silliest Easterner around, and his confusion about the wildlife only confirms their suspicions—mistaking a zebra's stripes for something far more peculiar sends the ranch hands into bewildered disbelief.