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Monte Hale Western #36 (1949)

Fawcett · 1949 · 52 pages

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Contains 13 stories
Cattle Empire!
8 pp · western-frontier

Monte Hale steps in when a cattle baron's rustlers target local ranchers trying to drive their herds to market, and the independent operators suspect the outlaws are hiding out on Jim Duke's sprawling ranch. When Hale crosses Duke's boundary to investigate, he's captured and warned never to trespass again—but a pattern of attacks on the ranchers' cattle drive forces him to pursue the rustlers once more, leading all the local cattlemen straight into a showdown at Duke's doorstep.

Branded
1 pp · humor; western-frontier
Old SlickJeff

Jeff's been boasting about his wealth to Old Slick, claiming he's the richest rancher in the county—so rich he could hire hands to do his branding but chooses to do it himself just to prove he can. Old Slick, fed up with the tall tales, decides to puncture that inflated ego with a crack about Jeff's cattle deserving something fancier than a brand.

Pretty
1 pp · humor; children; western-frontier

Bronko Betsy learns a muddy lesson about staying clean when she spots an irresistible mud hole and takes a dive—only to discover that being pretty might be worth more than a moment of messy fun. This lighthearted western tale proves that sometimes a little dirt isn't worth losing your shine.

Monte Hale and the Horse-Killer!
7 pp · western-frontier

Monte Hale tracks the ruthless outlaw Robb Carson across the frontier after Carson shoots his trusted horse Pardner in cold blood—a crime that demands swift justice in the Old West. Trapped in Glacier Canyon with nowhere to run, Carson and Monte face off in a deadly confrontation where only one man's code will prevail. With the outlaw cornered and his fate sealed, Monte must decide what justice truly means for a horse-killer.

Guest Who?
1 pp · humor; western-frontier

When Monte Hale's friend Buck Bones invites him over for supper to sample his new wife's cooking, Monte is intrigued—until he learns just how far out in the frontier the house is. In this quick-witted western gag, Monte weighs the promise of the best home cooking against the long journey to Black River Junction, and his stomach doesn't quite win the argument.

Some Crust!
0.5 pp · humor; children
Bobo

Bobo faces his mother's wrath when he returns home without the bread she sent him to buy, armed with a distinction that might just save him from punishment in this lighthearted Western humor tale.

Frontier Wedding
7 pp · western-frontier

Monte Hale arrives in Butte City to serve as best man at his friend Jeff Gray's wedding, only to discover the ceremony is on the brink of cancellation—Jeff's silver mine is being systematically robbed each night, threatening to bankrupt him before he can walk down the aisle. When Monte stakes out the mine and uncovers the culprit, a cunning criminal named Gopher Graham operating through a secret underground tunnel, he devises a clever trap to catch the thief red-handed. With quick wits and quicker draw, Monte sets out to save both the mine and the wedding.

Hidden Cure
1 pp · humor; western-frontier

When Gramp shows up at the ranch, Chuck can't help but notice his old habit of nail-biting—but to everyone's surprise, the habit has suddenly stopped. Turns out Maw found the perfect cure, and it's about as practical as frontier medicine gets.

Afraid!
1 pp · humor; western-frontier

When Gopherface decides to get his portrait taken at a photography studio, his companion Gus tags along—but the photographer takes one look at the result and refuses to finish the job, claiming he'd be too frightened to develop it alone in the darkroom. It's a quick, punchy gag that plays on the old joke about an ugly mug being genuinely scary.

Apple Sauce
0.5 pp · humor; children

A young boy and a girl present an apple to Miss Sassafors, but their gift comes with a twist—they can't quite agree on who deserves the credit. This playful half-page tale from 1949 captures the kind of schoolyard logic that makes perfect sense to kids and none at all to adults.

Lazy Lee Rests His Case
0.5 pp · humor
The Pied Piper Pinto
4 pp · western-frontier

Gabby Hayes's horses keep disappearing in the dead of night, lured away by a mysterious painted mustang operating as a thief of the range—until the wily foreman decides to stake out the corral himself with his trusted horse Corker and catch the culprit red-handed. What Gabby discovers is that the Pied Piper Pinto isn't acting alone, and a confrontation with the horse thief's human partner tests both man and beast in a showdown where loyalty and quick wits become the greatest weapons of all.

Riding High
9 pp · western-frontier

Monte Hale finds himself forced to guide a party of Eastern dudes up the treacherous Bighorn Peak after their guide falls victim to a rattlesnake bite—a climb he'd warned against, especially with the notorious Carbow gang hiding somewhere in these mountains. When the outlaws make their move to kidnap the banker's headstrong daughter Jinny for ransom, Monte must pursue them up the perilous slopes in a desperate race against time. Every handhold and footfall becomes a test of nerve and survival as he fights to bring her back down alive.

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