Wild Frontier #5

When Davy Crockett arrives at a devastated settlement to find a colossal, newly awakened Paul Bunyan is the culprit, he sets out to tame the ornery giant before more destruction befalls the frontier. After discovering Bunyan's surprising weakness, Davy devises a clever plan with the help of his forest friends to bring the giant to heel. By the time Davy is through, Paul Bunyan may just become the protector of the very lands he'd been destroying.

When Dazzy returns from the big city sporting some mysterious bruises, Snazzy demands an explanation—but what follows is a delightful tangle of misunderstandings, tall tales, and puns that neither character seems quite prepared to untangle. This 1956 humor yarn shows why frontier folks maybe should stick to what they know best.

Daniel Boone deliberately allows himself to be captured by the Cheyenne to uncover the truth behind a series of violent raids that threaten to ignite war between settlers and the tribe. After proving his courage in combat with Chief White Bear, Boone discovers the real culprit: a corrupt agent named Travers, who's been disguising his renegade men as Cheyenne warriors to drive settlers away from land where gold has been found. With the truth exposed and both sides working together, Boone must track down Travers before the frontiersman's gamble on patience pays off for everyone involved.

Hill Billy tangles with the most ornery mule in the Wild Frontier—a beast so stubbornly set in its ways that it seems to defy the laws of nature itself. When Hill Billy can't budge the critter through sheer force or determination, he's forced to explain just how impossibly obstinate this animal truly is. A one-page humor tale that proves sometimes brute stubbornness beats brute strength.

Jim Bowie signs on to guide Major Neale's wagon train to Texas, but soon discovers that one of the outfit's own men—the treacherous Leach Bass—is plotting to hijack the supplies and horses for himself. When Bass and his gang make their move, Bowie must outwit and outfight them to protect the settlers and complete the journey west.

Two tough guys lock horns over a simple matter of passage on the frontier, each refusing to back down—until a bystander offers to referee what promises to be quite the brawl in "The Impasse!" from Wild Frontier #5 (1956). This two-page western romp plays the standoff for all its comedic worth, as stubbornness meets stubbornness with nowhere to go but trouble.