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Hopalong Cassidy #70 (1952)

Fawcett · 1952 · 36 pages

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Contains 7 stories
The River Route Riddle
7 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong CassidyTopper (horse)Jessica Phelps (bride)Brud Harley (crooked groom)

When a mysterious note lures Brud Harley away from his wedding day to Jessica Phelps, the groom vanishes into a tangle of violence, a river accident, and a wedding hat floating downstream. Hopalong Cassidy must unravel the truth behind the "River Route Riddle"—piecing together a shattered buckboard, missing body, and Jessica's life savings to discover what really happened to the man she was meant to marry.

Rub-a-Dub-Dub!
1 pp · humor; western-frontier
Hill BillyDoc

Hill Billy tracks down Doc Hansen with an urgent question about his wife's ailing feet, hoping the doctor can offer some medical advice. What Hill Billy gets instead is a punny response that leaves him more confused than before—and scrambling to make sense of the remedy in this lighthearted 1952 western yarn.

The Big Splash
4 pp · humor; western-frontier
Whitey WhiskersParker

Whitey Whiskers falls for a classic prank when Hopalong Cassidy convinces him to balance a coin on his forehead and drop it into a funnel—only to get soaked when water pours down instead. Eager for revenge, Whitey sets up the same trick for Parker, confident he'll outsmart him, but Parker's got a surprise of his own tucked away that turns the tables on the would-be prankster.

The Chasm of Death!
6 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong CassidyTopper (horse)Hod Prewett (miner)Blair (crook)

When bandits strike Hod Prewett's gold mine, the miner races to town to summon Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy—but he doesn't know the real danger isn't the outlaws. As Hopalong closes in on the truth with a clever deduction, the true culprit grows desperate, and a deadly trap springs at the edge of the Chasm of Death. It's a tense showdown where Hopalong must outthink a killer determined to keep his dark secret buried.

Unsympathetic!
0.5 pp · humor; western-frontier
PattieSilly Simmons

Silly Simmons tries to win sympathy from Pistol Packing Pattie by acting troubled, but she's having none of it—and her sharp tongue delivers the punchline before he can milk the mood. It's a quick, snappy bit of frontier humor where Simmons learns that brooding gets you nowhere with Pattie's quick wit.

The Present with No Future!
6.66 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong CassidyTopper (horse)Mr. Finley (banker)Adams (cowboy)Two Robbers

When two strangers convince a young cowboy to deliver a "birthday present" to banker Mr. Finley at the Twin River Bank, what seems like an easy favor turns into a deadly trap—the package contains a time bomb set to detonate at midnight. Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy arrives after the explosion to find Mr. Finley dead, but discovers the delivery boy, Adams, has miraculously survived, and together they devise a plan to catch the robbers before they can escape town. As Adams goes undercover in disguise to hunt down the criminals, the desperate pair realizes he's still alive and sets a counter-trap of their own.

A Big Question
0.34 pp · humor; western-frontier

Hopalong Cassidy settles a friendly debate about an old acquaintance named Tad Hoag, only to deliver a punchline that leaves his curious friend with more questions than answers. It's a quick bit of frontier humor that proves sometimes the simplest answer is the best one.

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