Wild Frontier #4

Frontier Scout Dan'l Boone accepts a dangerous proposition from the Transylvania Road Company: build a passage through the Oswaghee Forest, a territory claimed by the hostile Chief Yellow Hawk. When construction crews face relentless attacks, Boone devises a cunning defense to hold the line and confront the chief directly. It's a clash of wits and grit in the untamed wilderness as one man struggles to open the frontier for settlers.

Jim Bowie rolls into the peaceful frontier town of Clear Springs only to discover it's being terrorized by Black Tom Bennett, a ruthless extortionist who's muscling settlers for half their land's worth—and beating anyone who resists. When Bennett's thugs leave Bowie bloodied in the dirt, the drifter realizes he's got a score to settle, and the townspeople finally find the courage to stand beside him against the gang's grip on their home.

In the spring after the Revolutionary War, John Curry moves his wife and four children into the wilderness of northwestern New York to claim land, but hardship strikes almost immediately—a lost horse, then a devastating fever that nearly costs them everything. When John discovers an injured Indian trapped beneath a boulder and helps free him, he becomes stranded in a blizzard on his way back home, leaving his family with dwindling food and fuel. What unfolds is a tale of unexpected grace and the bonds that transcend the boundaries between strangers.

A portly stranger rolls into town, and when a curious local learns why this fellow had to leave Rhode Island, the conversation takes a hilariously absurd turn—complete with tall tales about revolving doors and waistlines. Written with genuine frontier humor, "The Fat of the Land!" serves up two pages of groan-worthy punchlines that perfectly capture the silly spirit of 1956 comics.