Young Eagle #1

Shiftless Silas lands a job sweeping at the general store for a quarter a week—and when confronted about his meager wages, he delivers a self-aware punchline that brings his modest employment situation full circle. It's a quick, lighthearted sketch that plays on the frontier character's lazy reputation with humor that punches at his own lack of skill.

Young Eagle and a ventriloquist friend cook up a clever scheme to stop Old Smokey from stealing the mule's feed—by making it sound like the animal can talk. What happens when Old Smokey realizes he's being outsmarted, and what does he do about it?

When famine threatens his tribe's survival, Young Eagle refuses to sell their hunting grounds to rancher Mac Gordon—but his faith in the spring herds' return is tested when a traitor accepts gold to sabotage the land's value. Racing to uncover why the buffalo and deer have vanished, Young Eagle must prove his judgment sound before hunger forces his people into a desperate choice.

When Colonel Scott falls into the ruthless hands of Matt Holden and his outlaw gang, Young Eagle must scale the treacherous cliffs above Fury Creek to reach the hidden valley where the Colonel is held captive—and do it before Major Tasswell's frontal assault dooms them all. Racing against time and the gang's own guards, Young Eagle fights his way toward the cave hideout to attempt a daring rescue that could turn the tide against Holden's reign of terror across the southwest frontier.

Pill Roller Rollins gets a surprise when he encounters Dr. Rollins, who's recently made quite the career change from foot doctor to eye doctor. The good doctor has a perfectly logical explanation for his unconventional climb up the medical ladder.