Young Eagle #6

In the rugged frontier of 1951, Young Eagle tracks a band of impostor soldiers terrorizing supply routes, only to be ambushed and cornered in a burning cave. With Colonel Scott, Captain Price, Lieutenant Santoro, and General Blaine closing in from different directions, the young scout must survive the inferno and outwit enemies who wear American uniforms.

Mule Ears groans about Saturday night bath duty in this frontier humor tale, complaining so loudly that he decides fish have it worse—after all, they do nothing but bathe! It's a quick, lighthearted look at a frontier character's colorful gripes about one of life's simplest chores.

Buckshot's latest contraption is a reverse burglar alarm—one that alerts timid homeowners only after a burglar has already left the premises, giving them the all-clear to venture downstairs. It's a hilariously impractical solution to a very specific problem, and this frontier inventor is absolutely thrilled with his creation.

Young Eagle escapes a fiery trap and races northward to warn Captain Price of danger, only to find the cavalry column ambushed in a canyon by mysterious uniformed soldiers led by a commanding general. With Captain Price wounded and his men pinned down on both sides, Young Eagle must fight his way through a charging assault to keep the company alive.

When Old Smokey claims he attended a concert led by Beethoven and launches into tall tales about his musical past—including a student who learned to play a hole in the wall and a band with a seven-foot-tall flute player—Higgle has heard just about enough of the old prospector's nonsense. As Old Smokey's increasingly ridiculous stories pile up, Higgle decides it's time to drum some sense into the musical fibber, leaving Old Smokey with nothing but groans and regrets in this 1951 western humor tale.

Young Eagle must use his wits to turn the tables when the mad General Blane orchestrates an elaborate trap—luring the young scout into an escape so he can ambush Colonel Scott and Fort Wayne's garrison. With help from his animal allies and the Colonel's trust in an old tribal strategy, Young Eagle devises a counterplan of his own to stop Blane's delusions of conquest before his private army can strike deeper into Mexican territory.