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AL JETTERWESTERN HERO • *Editor

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VUH'LL GETIT- WHEN YO'RESUPPOSED TO.'I WANT

MY RANCHBACK

WHEN THE WANPERIN6 COWBOY,BILL BOYD HELPS TO STOP ANARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO /MEN,HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT ITMAY LEAD TO ALMOST CERTAINDEATH IN THE ADVENTURE Of=

THE FIERY FATE'

(WHY, THAT'S

|_

> DEWELL SHAGGAND TED O'HEN

FIGHTING.' I'VE

GOT TO STOP THEMBEFORE THEY BEAT

7 THEIR BRAINSV OUT'

ESTERN HERO. Sepr 19_,0. Vol 16. No, 94. is published monthly by Fawcett Publications. Inc . Fawcett Place. Greenwich. Conn. Entered as secondc ass matter bept. iO. 1948. at the post office. Greenwich. Conn . under the act of March 3. 1879 Additional entry at Louisville. Ky. Copyright 1950 byawcett Publications. Inc. Trademark of Fawcett Publications. Inc. Editorial and advertising offices. 67 W. 44th St.. N. Y. 18. N. Y Send remittances««»«« concerning subscriptions, change of address, etc., to Circulation Dept.. Fawcett PI.. Greenwich. Conn. Subscription rate 12 issues for $1.20m U. b.. possessions and Canada. Foreign. $1.70 in international money order. U. S. funds. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Printed in U S. A.

O'HEN has all HIS MONEYTIED UP IN HIS CATTLE/ IF,

ANYTHING HAPPENED TO >

THEM, HE'D BE GLAD TO \

GET OFF THIS RANCH/WAL, I'M GOING TO SEE J

TO IT THAT SOMETHING J

DOES HAPPEN TO THEM.' )

l THEN I'LL HAVE TO TAKE J(THE LAW INTO MY OWN J

HANDS' I CAN GET FIVE ^TIMES THE AMOUNT OF <RENT O'HEN I^PAYING MEFER THIS SPREAD FROM.THAT FOOL FARMER IN T\ THE NEXT COUNTY AND "S/ I'M NOT GOING TO LET M' THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY'-f SLIP OUT OF MY

HANDS'

Y I HAVE THE SIGNED x/ CONTRACTAND AS LONSAS I KEEP UP THE RENTPAYMENTS, THE SPREAD IS

MINE FOR THE NEXT—k FOUR YEARS' >

I CANT WAIT \ I'M SORRY, BUT I INVESTED ALL MYTHAT LONG/< MONEY IN CATTLE ANP MAKINGI NEED THE Y IMPROVEMENTS, FIGGEKING I'D

RANCH NOW,/ BE HYAR FOR THE FULL FIVE YEARS.'

MYSELF/y\ I'LL NEED ALL THAT TIME TOMAKE MY MONEY BACK--AND SOME PROFIT,

TOO, I HOPE.'

I'M ASKING YUH FERTHE LAST TIME.' LETME HAVE MY p-RANCH BACK.' )

HE'S RIGHT,SHAGG! YOUMADE A s^•BUSINESS >

DEAL ANDYOU CANT

y

BREAK IT/ ^O 1HEN'S GOTTHE LAW ON

7 WHAT'STHIS ALLABOUT?

IT'S MY RANCHAND I WANTi IT BACK.'

SHAGG STARTED TOTHROW PUNCHES ATME WHEN I REFUSEDTO TURN HIS RANCHBACK TO HIM.' >

IT'S MINE FORANOTHER FOURYEARS' YUH RENTED^IT TO ME FER FIVEYEARS AND I'M GOING/TO KEEP IT TILL

THE TIME IS UP/

I'LL STAY FER CHOW,ted, Blit then i'll

BE AMBLINGALONG.' )

IN THIS KINP OF WEATHER ^

I LIRE TO WANDER AROUND/AND AT NIGHT THE ONLY RINDOF ROOF I WANT OVER MY yHEAD IS THE SRV!

STILL THE SAMEOLD BILL, EH? OKAYLET'S HIT THE FEED.BAG ! ^

WAL, BILL, I'M POWERFULGLAD TO SEE YUH .' HOWABOUT STAYING HYAR AS

MY GUEST FER A FEW >

T PAYS?

I FIGGEREP JYUH WOULD' Ail WANT YUH TOI BURN UP THE/RANCH I RENTED-r TO O’HEN,1 ,

NEVER MIND THAT.' SPREADKEROSENE ALL AROUND THECORRAL AND SET IT ON FIRESO ALL THE CATTLE WILL VEITHER BURN UP ORTRAMPLE THEMSELVES

)M

TO DEATH IN THEIR J \, PANIC/ -Sa

BUT THAT'SREALLY

r yore ,

spread/A HUNDRED ^DOLLARS' THAT'SFER ME.' I'LL

IDO ANYTHING' FER THATKIND OF ^ j

DOUGH.' A

HOWDY, DIGGER.' '

KEEP YORE VOICELOW SO NO ONE -CAN HEAR/ HOW'DYUH LIKE TO MAKEA HUNDRED _-<

ft DOLLARS? ) /

WHATABOUTO'HEN?

LEAVE HIM ALONE/I'M TONLY INTERESTED IN HAVINGTHE CATTLE DESTROYED/NOW MAKE SHORE YUH VP° A GOOD JOB! , ——

^

That -nightDON'T WORRY/IT'LL BE A

CINCH.' .

ALL I HAVE TO DO ^IS POUR THIS KEROSENE

IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE CORRALAND THEN PUT A MATCH TO IT/ ,

BV THE TIME O'HEN WAKES /^ UP, ITLL BE TOO LATE/S

DIGGER HALAS!THAT'S KEROSENEYO'RE SPREADING!YO'RE TRYING TO ’

SET MY SPREAPON FIRE! ^

IT'S O'HEN!

.

HE MUST HAVE^ HEARD —v- ME! M

WHAT'SGOINGONTHAR?

HE RECOGNIZEDME! I'LL ^

/ HAVE TO 1hr SHOOT J

HIM! Ij

Some distance away, onthe oven plains...

O'HEN'S LANTERN ROllEP ONTOTHE KEROSENE-SOAKEP GROUNDANP IT'S GOING UP IN

fe, irr flames.' BPS

I KILLED HIM! I'VEGOT TO VAMOOSE/

(SNIFF, SNIFF)I SMELLSMOKE.'

WHY, THAT BLAZE SEEMS TO BE COMINGFROM O'HEN'S SPREAP! C'MON, MIPNITE/

WE'VE GOT TO MAKEthe dust fly/ ^4

t7i’ . •». c?wiy /

It doesn't take the lightning-fast Midnitelong to carry his waster to O’Hen's

ranch—rTHE CORRAL IS ABLAZE' I'VE GOT TO GET THECATTLE OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT ALL GOES UP

IN FLAMES! THERE'S O'HEN LYING ONTHE GROUND! HE MUST HAVE FAINTED.'

HIS NIGHTSHIRT HAS CAUGHTON FIRE'

WESTERN HERO

EITHER I STAMP OUTTHE FI RE,OR I'LL GO UP

IN FLAMES MYSELF.'

Tfce courageous Bill Boydrisks his life to save that

of hisfriend—HE'LL BE BURNEP TODEATH * I MUST TRY

TO SAVE him;

HE'S STILL ALIVE.' I MUSTRUSH HIM TO . „X A DOCTOR/

PHEW, THE FIRE IS OUT.' I BURNEP MY ^HANDS A LITTLE, BUT IT WAS WELL WORTHIT/ HMMM, D’HEN IS STILL OUT! MAYBEW l CAN -- WHAT.' HE'S BEEN SHOT.' >

SOMEONE STARTED THIS FIRE JJAND THEN PUT A fcniiiw

ill BULLET IN HIM.' Sk

I CAN'TSTOP TO DO ANYTHING ABOUTTHE CATTLE' AS SOON AS I GET POORTED TO THE MEDICO, I'LL TELL THESHERIFF TO GET OUT THE FIRE WBRIGADE/ THERE STILL MAY BE ^TIME TO SAVE MOST OF THE STEERS,BUT THE IMPORTANTTHING NOW .^ IS TO SAVE O'HEN/ ^

Bill rushes the stricken O'Hen to thedoctor in town and, later—

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT, BOYD.'YOU GOT HIM HYAR UUSTIN TIME.' YOU CAN SEE HIMFOR A FEW MOMENTS.' .

THAT'SGOOD NEWSDOCTOR.'

*\

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WESTERN HERO

YES.' IT WAS(DIGGER HALAS'i RECKON AILMY STEERS <PERISHED IN

THE FIRE' I'MRUINEJ>! >

SO IT WAS DIGGER HALAS

'

WELL, I'M GOING TO GET THATARSONIST' I KNOW THE >—Y SHACK WHERE ,

—

^

V HE BUNKS' )

\THE FIRE BRIGADE

)PUT OUT THE BLAZE

/IN NO TIME'EXCEPT FOR THE N\ CORRAL, THERE/WAS PRACTICALLY. NO DAMAGE.' 7

THANKS, BILL'THE DOC TOLDME I'D HAVE -

BEEN A GONERIF IT WASN'TFER YUH .

I

FORGET IT, TED/I'M GLAD I COULD\ HELP.1 TELL ME,DID YOU SEE <

/WHO SHOT YOUAND SET THE .

fr CORRAL 'f'AFLAME? J

Bill Speeds out to Digger's shack WAIT' WHY SHOULD DIGGER HAVEWANTED TO SET FIRE TO CHEN'S SPREADAND KILL HIM? IT DOESN'T MAKE a

SENSE.' HE HAD NOTHING TOGAIN — UNLESS HE WAS GETTING JM

X PAID TO DO IT FORV SOMEONE ELSE.'

Meanwhile, at DewellShagg's house

AND I HAVE A SNEAKINGSUSPICION THAT IT WAS DEWELL .

SHAGG.' C'MON,MIDNITE,WE’RE GOING TO VISIT MISTERSHAGG RIGHT NOW AND IHAVE A MIGHTY STRONG HUNCHWE'LL FIND DIGGER THERE, TOO.'

WHAT WAS THAT?r- I HEARDSomething/ J

, I vo're inr

THIS AS DEEPAS I AM' I'M

NOT LEAVING '

YUH'VE GOTTO HIDE MEsomewhar/

YUH CRAZY FOOL,I DIDN'T WANT YUHTO KILL O'HEN! GETOUT OF HYAR/I DON'T WANTTO HAVE ANYTHINGTO DO WITH A AMURDERER/

WESTERN HERO

WHEN FOYP COMBS IN HYAfiT, I'tL TELLHIM I KNOW NOTHING' I HAVE PROOFTHAT I WAS VISITING FRIENPS ALLEVENING ' ANP 1'IL SAY I HAVEN'TSEEN YUH IN WEEKS, IN CASE

HE ASKS ME/

A few wi-Hutes later—HOWP/, MISTER SHAGS '

EXCUSE ME FOK BOTHERINGYOU AT THIS TIME OF f

NIGHT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT/MAY I COME IN?

WESTERN HERO

At that -mowe-Ht I FIGUREDYOU'D TRY_ THAT/

I RECKON YOU DIDN'T FIGURE ON THIS/I'LL JUST HOLD DIGGER IN PLACE WHILET I TAKE CARE OF YOU FIRST/ j

-HE JUMPED OUTOF THE WAY .'

IF DIGGER IS IN THE CLOSET, -

SHAGG WOULDN'T LET ME TAKEA LOOK --UNLESS HE'S ,_<•

FIGURING ON CONKING

ME FROM BEHIND/ rS

DON'T FRET, DIGGER/I'M NOT FORGETTINGYOU.' IT'S YOUR ^

.TURN NOW.' Jm

— AND DIGGERAND SHAGG WILLBE IN JAIL FOR MANY.MANY YEARS.'I RECKON YOUWON'T HAVE TOWORRY ABOUTTHEM AGAIN

I'VE RUN OUT OFWAYS OF THANKING

YUH, BILL, BUTI’LL NEVERFORGET THATYUH SAVED MY

LIFE AND MY LIFE'S

WORK -MY CATTLEAND THE SPREAD/ALL I CAN SAY IS

YO'

v? 1

SOMEHOMBRE.'

.v

FOLLOW THE ADVENTURESOFSILL. SOyp IN HIS OWNMAGAZINE 01LL &OVOWESTERN ANP IN

WESTERN HERO/

tv ibitn •» itonvI

r By THE WAV.SUM,WHERE IS IT yoU'REPAVIN6 016 BOW —

AMP ME To Jr -SLEEP? '^ajgC

RI6WT OVER THEREIN THAT HAOUTEP

RANCH HOUSE/

ME KNOW THAT/ BUTME NO WANT TO SEESPIRIT / THAT'S WHyr RUNNIW6/ ^

rTHE HAUHTBP RANCHHOUSE/ LET ME OUT

. Of HERE/

' NO RON AWAy. 016BOW / THAT'S NOT «-.THE SPIRIT/ J

f THERE'S N0THIN6 TO BEAFRAIP OF. B16 BOW/ .THERE'S NO SUCHTHINS AS A GHOST/ J

THEN WHy YOU NOSLEEP 1NSIPE

yoURSELF INSTEAPOF HIRING US TO

DO IT? —

“* BECAUSE. ACCORPING To THE WILL OF My UNCLE *

WHO LEFT ME THIS HOUSE. I'LL LOSE IT UNLESS 1 CANGET TWO STRANGERS TO SLEEP IN IT By t~

THEMSELVES ONE NIGHT A TEAR / tI'LL PAy you WELL To ME NO MT SLEEP HERE/ ( SCAREP/ WEV - I TAKE JOB/ .

-• »y W - 7 ‘ y \ - A /A Ir Y _ — ——/ v/MMa B-

THAT'S SILL1

*BUT H'YAR _IT IS/

^WELL, uyar WE are/ Now is

THERE" ANYTH IW&you wantTO KNOW ?

I POUT CARE WHO TAKES IT, BUT REMEMBER, |P Y-30

LEAVE HYAR BEFORE MORNING, I LOSE MYINHERITANCE SO I PONT EKPECT TO SEEYOU BEFORE THEN , UNLESSYOU'VE SOT SOME BISNEWS FOR

fl'LL PAY YUHIN THE .

MORNING/

ME TAKE IT,*-

BIS BOW/ PONTFORGET, MEBRAINS OF ,

OUTFIT/

ithaVs silly/ howCOULD I LOSE A 816SATE LIKE* THIS/ *rCT

IF ME SEESOMETHING STRANGE,ME WO INTEND TO STOPTO OPEN SATF ONWAY OUT OF

V HYAR

/

OH, NO/ WHEN ME ^

( TAKE JOB SLEEPINGl IN SHOST HOUSE&OT TO SET PAIDIN ADVANCE/ MAYNOT BE ALIVE IN_ MORNING/ Tsj*

KNobody knocking/ only your knees/THOUGHT MOO SAID Sjaj- -

you woI afraid/

WtbltKIN ntKU

I’LL PIVlDE IT OP EVENLyMOW. HERE'S OKIE-

—

f

FOR you— s~~~

^ALL RISUT LITTLEARROW, BUT WHERE'SMV HALF OF,woweyf

' ENOUGH OF THAT SILLYTALK., 810 BOW/03ME

IM AMD CLOSE r<;poor/

TWO FOR youAMD--- ^

TWO —THREE— FOR ML'

WESTERN HERO

FUNNY, BUT IF PlVIPE MONEY EUENLY, HOW COME4IT'S . — . . _

YOO SOT -SUCH BIG t

PILE ANP MET v" " >*

, SO LITTLE ? r^-' BECAUSE ME ONLY 6IUE CLEAN) A

( 'Jf BILLS TO MOU.'ME KEEP ONES COVEREP

X^ V-, WITH P1RT FOB MYSELF/ : '

"/OH, NOW UNDERSTAND/LET'S

FINJP PLACE TO SLEEP/ -a

1

IN THAT CASE,MOO STOP AT MY )HOUSF AMP TELLME ALL —

-

ABOUT r—p^BUT WHY ME STOPr IT/ // AT Your House to/ ( TELL YOU ABOUT IT?

Itv—r YOU HERE' r-

I X WON'T BE IFTHERE'S A v"-&HOST )

INSlPg/y^—

-

THE BEDROOMMUST BEIM HERE/ >-

* WATCH OUT, BISBOW/6IVE ME.ROOM TO v'''^

7 MOVE/ Jo,. 1

ME GIVE YOU PLEMTY OFROOM- ONLY NO GET INFRONT OF ME OR YOUGET TRAMPLEP AS ME |-r RUNNING BY/

* HEY, WHERE ARE YUH GOING/ I THOUGHT I UTOLP YUH NOT To LEAVF .

THE PLACE UNLESS ^ "*•»

you HAP BIG * WE GOT BIG NEWS FOR »NEWS FER J yoU/YouJUST LOST INHERITANCE/r ME/ xgr^gt BIG BOW ANP ME HO

sleeping in house/ —

^

. SOOPBYE/ -Iff

WESTERN HERO

«LL THE NEIGHBORING RANCHERSe m/ fond of 6km w&,

GARRULLOUS FOREMAN OF THE FARNOTHING RANCH .

1

BjJT SUDDENLY THUFRIENDSHIP TURNS TO VIOLENTHATE! IN CATTLE COUNTRY THERECAN FE ONLY ONE -REASON! GABBYIS SUSPECTED OF BECOMING A

&Y6erAt>w/

STRANGER RIDES THE TRAIL,

MRD THE BAR NOTHING RANCH!AH, THERE'S THEylAR NOTHING^\-RANCH

"WESTERN HERO

- \( I'LL TO#W TULO(/ INTO NTHE BUSHES' IVE 6OTT06ET"KIP OP THE TAPPING <50

6AW HAYES POESNT UECDAIE,

simaousi

(SIWY-YA'Pl WEtB mmFOR THE WR UOTHIMS!

HEY, THESE, STRANGER!

•^ARE YOU HURT?^ NO, 'BUT I'M

SHAKEW,BRUISED, AND ,

DISILLUSIONED!

WESTERN HERO

no! i must returnBUST, EVEN THOUGH

1 IT MEANS GIVING /UP AW EASY /

\ fortune!/

WYES! "BUT ALLCW ME TOY£?J INTRODUCE MYSELF! I'M

fT HWA T. PRESSURE,

V merchant prince! the

CORYESED THE WOOL MARKET i

AROUND RAWHIDE! 1 COULDl/MAKE MILLIONS IN LONG ty^JJNDERWEAR ALONE 1

. J

BUT/ FRIEND,My IOSS IS

GAIN! YOU HELVED 4f£, I’LL

HELP y<7V/ I'M GOING TO sellYOU A carloap Or RAW WOOL!

W? FAST-TADGN6 STRANGER HAS GAMYCONVINCED HE'S GETTING A BARGAIN!

SO LONG, NOW! I'VE SOT TO GETTO EAIVHIDE AND SHIP YOU THAT

V CARLOAP OF E4IY IVOOL.'^SIGN THE CHECK! YOU'LL

MAKE MILLIONS AND ALL IWANT IS A MERE THOUSANDDOLLARS FOR EXPENSES

y

TO GET BACK EAStT/{

F$rw\r~i

fYOU'RE \BEING }

MIGHTYNEIGHBORLY,

\m tries to cozml m /vy&TAfSMr/ROUNP 'FM UP '

yORESELF. LEETLECOME ON, FILLERS!

HELP Ml ROUND UP ,

THOSE PEEK) CRITTERS!WE'RE NOT \ /WE \SHEEPMEN! 7 \ M47&'

\/t_\(SHEEP!V"—s.(<

(•working alone, mv finally /

"gets THE SHEEP TEWED! \

Mtfwh HATE SHEEP

BOUGHT THESE ANpm r

f^ur most of the cattlemen pont &AW GOES TO THE MEETING,

UNAWAKE OF THE STRONGFEELING AGAINST HIM.'

WELL, GABS/! VO'RE BOUND To GET .

RICH! I HEAR THERE'S A NEW FACTORYSTARTING UP IN TOWN! THEY'RE GOINSTO MANUFACTURE WOOLEN EAR MUFFSv FOR CHILLY COYOTES!

SEE ANYTHING FUNNy ABOUT IT/

-RAISING

SHEEPON THE

3AR,

NOTHING!AN

OUTRAGE,

Vim GABBY V WELLGOT TO SHOULD NOTEGET RIP V 3E ROPE

\ON IT

OF EM! J OUT OF AT THE

r'-'l TOWN / MEETINGON A ATOPAY!,

... AND THE WOOL OFF My SHEEP WILL

SUPPLy yUH ALL WITH FIRST -RATE

LONG UNDERWEAR!

Catcalls greet gaw as he steps to the platform.

3000! JMAH! 1SHEEP! TTHROWM SHEEP' JHIM OU1

mfmA hi jmik Je,

WAIT A

MINUTE|

FELLERS'

SO mfS THE

unpezmz^HEM GME VACKMY PANTS, 7UH

varmints' ^got a sample

of nt sheets

Lons underwear

'av/cw/Her/w

LET'* SEE IF

THAT UNDERWEAR

i

14 SUITABLE .

I FOR VANONGl

GIT GOING,SHEEPMAN!

(Saw tracks down his /mffOutside, gkw get* a spare -pistolFROM HIS SADDLE PAG, AND'—

v-v-von s-shoot!I'LL BUS BACK! THOSESHEEP'

I'M GOING AFTERthat varmint, HI

PRESSURE! THAT

\

S^WHAT, SLIM!.

I HEARD SHOTS!WHAT'S UP, GABBY?

ssmss

L' “*-v' nc

JijDOKS LIKE

WS&iM A TZED, \j.

,% INJUN i Jti&M

A.

7yjl y\y; / /* K\ •> /

:/jM

BWh

it's a veal! ~bi the miTHf FELLOW THAT TOIP MEABOUT THE EAR MUFF

P”4 Fi\iOUl VLD Mf4&9UT If! I IWSXIMINS TOW SOMEA10KE -K41V WOOL.FROM YOU AND ASKYOU TO HOLD IHlSVALOO0LE £BUN AS

SECURITY 1.

6AKMOfrfi409Xy>LISTEN! Ill BUY .

-BACK ,W SHEEP'.

HERE'S YOUR CHECK

AND ONE HUNDRED"DOLLARS BESIDES!

GAB, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONEIT. NOW I’VE SOT TO ARREST/

, YOU FOR. MURDER! VI VIDN'T SHOOT.HIM, Slim! HE/

l fainted! y

Yes, SIR! THEN I'M GOING BACK TO MY 'NNOW, MISTER, YOUTAKE dACK YOREDESKS SHEEP, 7RONTO;

>ME DAYS LATEROLD JOB AS A CIRCUS DAREDEVIL! ITStetf nwseKMs: than being a wool

SALESMAN! "GABBY, WHATJ*<f. YUH DOING P ^ MAKING A SUIT OF

LONG UNDERWEAR—out of &u////pe:

FOLLOW THE APVENTURFS OF GABBY HAYES IN His OWN MAGAZINE GABBY HAYESWESTERN ANP IN WESTERN HERO ANPMONTE HALE WESTERN EVERYMONTH/

WESTERN HERO

” ill show yuh ^ONE OF MUH MAjGlCTRICKS, BROWMi YUH

SEE THIS CARD,t, DON'T YUH?

yUH'LU TEACH ME HOW TUH „MAKE A PEAR OUT OF PEACHES?GEE, THAT'S. A TERRIFICTRICK' HYARS THE MONEY?NOW TELL Mp. HOWI TUH

I'LL GIVE \YUH FIVEDOLLARS IFYUH'LL TEACHME TUH DOA MAGIC ,

TRICK' fl

GOSH,YUH MADETHE CARDDISAPPEAR:WHAT ATRICK/

/ IT'S A DEAL/' I'LL LARN YUHHOW TUH CHANGEPEACHES TUHA PEAR/

NO YUH WOULDN'T..yUH'D HAVE A PAIR

( PEAR)/GET

THREEPEACHESAND EATONE/

HUH? GET THREEPEACHES AND EATONE? SO WHAT? I'DHAVE TWO PEACHES

Lp.PT l

WESTERN HERO

BORDER FRACASA Slim Carson Story

By Dick Kraus

SLIM CARSON'S shoulders squared, and

his eyes slitted to a thin line as he faced

the group of angry riders. Reining his big

buckskin horse in, the youthful lawman tried

to keep his voice down.

“You men are making a mistake!” he husked.

“In the first place, you’re not even sure that

it was the Mexican squatters along the Rio

that ran off with your horses. In the second

place, even if they did, mob action like this

isn’t going to help things any. Think it over.

Go home and get the sheriff. Let him attend

to this!”

“Bah!” grunted big Bart O’Doul angrily. Heswung about and faced the other ranchers.

“For two years these Mexicans have been

living on the bend of the river. They’ve been

grazing their cattle across our fences all along.

And now a whole herd of the O-D remuda are

gone. Fifteen good cow ponies. They’ve got

them, all right. And the only way to get themback is to go gunning for them!”

Muttering in agreement, the other ranchers

swung their horses about. “Let’s get moving,”

one of them shouted. “We’ll get back our

horses and wreck those adobe shacks they live

in. That’ll teach them the kind of lesson they

need !” •

As one, the ranchers spurred their horses.

With O’Doul in the lead, they began to lope

away from Slim Carson, down the river road.

Above them, the sky was black and forbidding,

and the air was empty and strangely still.

Trouble was brewing . . . bad trouble!

For the past two years, there had been fric-

tion between the American ranchers, who lived

along the Rio bend, and the Mexican settlers

who farmed and herded nearby. Now, with the

disappearance of Bart O’Doul’s prize cow

1 ponies, the friction came to a head. With the

ranchers galloping hard toward the Mexicansettlement, gunplay was imminent.

Slim Carson had sworn to uphold the lawalong the border—to fight the badmen whoused the shallow river as a means of evading

justice.

But he knew, too, that his job was not only

to punish the criminal, but to protect the

innocent. And he was convinced from his

friendship with the Mexican settlers that they

had not broken any law. So, as the ranchers

sped away, Slim kneed the buckskin horse

forward. A lean, hard hand gripped the big

horse’s reins, and a steely voice whispered in

his ear. “Let’s go, old son. Time to prevent a

ruckus !”

But, galloping along, Slim suddenly realized

that danger did not come only from the band

of armed ranchers. It came also from the dark

sky—and from the strange stillness in the air

that he had noticed before. For now, a sudden

wind was rustling the chaparral and shrub oak.

The wind grew stronger, until it was howl-

ing. It lashed mercilessly at Slim’s face, and

his eyes filled with tears.

And how, he saw the cause of it! A few

miles ahead, off to the right, there was a great,

black, spinning column! Whirling over the

prairie like a fanatical dervish, it came on

—

twisting and swooping. At ever)? moment, it

came closer and closer, and grew larger and

larger.

Slim cupped his hands over his mouth and

shouted desperately at the riders ahead. “Tor-

nado!” he yelled. “Tornado ahead!”

Turning in sudden alarm, the riders saw the

oncoming black menace! It was only a mile

ahead now, and advancing fast! Soon it would

be upon them. One of the men pointed desper-

ately at a building by the side of the trail. It

was the superstructure of an old abandoned

silver mine.

“Quick,” he called to the others, his voice

a faint whisper in the breeze. “Cut the horses

loose. Let them scatter. And take shelter . . .

down there!” »

The riders flung themselves from their

mounts, and raced for the shelter of the old

mine shaft. They clambered inside quickly.

Slim reined the buckskin in. There was no

time for him to reach the old mine; the tor-

nado was towering over him now. Desperately,

Slim saw a boulder by the side of the trail.

It was a huge, overhanging rock. He kneed

WESTERN HERO

the buckskin toward it. In a moment, reach-

ing it, he leaped from the saddle and drew

the big horse toward him. Together, the two

huddled in the shelter of the overhanging

boulder.

Beside him, Slim could feel the trembling

of the buckskin . . . and he knew, that the

animal had faith in him. . . . Then the tornado

struck! With the howl of a thousand banshees

and the tremendous power of a giant land-

slide, it slammed against the prairie. Tiny,

irresistible fingers seemed to claw at Slim's

clothing and pull at the horse. The suction

grew and grew, but still he held back. Then,

in a moment, it had passed by.v

Looking out from the boulder, Slim sud-

denly stared with shock! The storm column

had passed directly over the old silver mine!

Where the shack had been, now there was

only a twisted mass of timber and jagged

boards sticking up out of the ground.

He ran to it! Bending over the old shaft,

he saw that its walls had collapsed, and the

superstructure had fallen in, trapping the meninside! They were helpless down there. There

was no means of escape!

Slim stood up suddenly! What could he do,

by himself? Was there any way for him to

get the men 'out . . . before they suffocated?

He clenched his fists in -futility. Then the

thought came to hirri. What of the Mexicansettlers? Many of them had worked in the

silver mines before they bought their ownspreads. Maybe they would be able to dig out

the trapped ranchers.

Slim whistled for the buckskin and vaulted

onto the racing horse. There was not a second

to be lost

!

Half an hour later, he returned to the fallen-

in shaft. This time, there were fifteen Mexi-cans with him. all carrying' picks and shovels

and ropes! They, themselves, had barely es-

caped the full force of the tornado. WhenSlim rode up, they were busy trying to gather

their scattered herds and undo the damagecaused by the winds.

But, when the slim young lawman told themof the danger of the men trapped in the old

mines, they quickly agreed to help.

Now they went to work with a will, clearing

away the top timber, gradually hoisting upfallen rocks and dirt, and beginning to shoreup the sides. They worked with a frantic

urgency, knowing that the air below must begetting bad—that there was a great danger of

suffocation. Side by side, Slim Carson toiled

with them — perspiration pouring down his

face and arms, as it did theirs.

Working with tremendous haste, one of the

settlers accidentally drove his pick too close

to the leg of one of the others. An angry gash

was the result.

"You're hurt! You'd better get out,” Slim

urged.

“No!" said the Mexican, his lips white with

pain. "Not until they” and he nodded his head

downward, "are safe!”

Finally, they removed a huge, bulking tim-

ber, and a passageway was opened for the menbelow. One of the slenderest of the Mexicans,

a young herder, eased his way down with a

rope. He attached the rope to one of the in-

jured ranchers and helped hoist him up.

An hour later, the rescue job was complete.

All of the ranchers lay about with the Mexi-cans binding up their injuries. Big Bart

O’Doul hobbled over to one of the rescuers

—

the man who had a pick driven into his leg . . .

and who had continued to work!"Mister,” O'Doul said heavily, “I want to

thank you for my life!”

“Thank? Gracias?” The Mexican smiled

widely. “Si! It is all right. You will do the

same for us, some time!”

"You don’t understand," O'Doul said. “Welost some horses, and we were blaming youfor it. We figgered you rustled them. We were

coming to wreck your shacks, to drive you out

of the bend country. We still don’t knowwhere those horses are, but now it doesn’t

seem to matter so much!”• I

S UDDENLY, Slim Carson grasped the big

rancher’s elbow and swung him around.

He pointed high up toward the mesa land,

past the river. There, still tiny in the distance,

they could see a herd of fifteen horses, loping

down toward them. It was too far away to

see the brand. Undoubtedly, these were the

horses from the O-D spread.

"They must have run off from your ranch,

Bart.” Slim said. “And then, when this tornado

hit. it scared them into coming back.”

Watching the horses approach, each manbegan to smile. Evidently, the tornado had

done two things for the border land. It had

brought back the missing herd of cow ponies,

and it had planted the seeds of a friendship

that would not die!

THE END

SLIM CARSON battles on the side of

law and order in every issue of WESTERNHERO.

WESTERN HERO

BATTLES* THEGREATHUNGER-p^TAURA^

MkvH Hate «3;

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and *«" s™"Ju ViivnEIGHT^ annnlRS'HeH^6+^

a„d smoke of «§§°*s'

/ WESTERN HERO

A WEEK LATER, WHEM MONTE HALERIDES IWTO THE TOWN OF LOST

r'1 SHORE IS PLENTYOF/ ACTIVITY.' NOTHING LIKE/ A GOLD STRIKE TO STARTI THINGS MOVING IN A\ SLEEPY COWTOWN l

'THERE'LL BE PLENTY)IT WON'T^

OF OTHER RANCHERS i BE TOOSHIPPING CATTLE / HARD TOHERE, MR.VINGO.'/ KEEP OTHERTHAT'LL DRIVE f CATTLE FROMDOWN THE PRICE! ) EVER REACHING

-a here: .

I'VE SOT THE ONLY SIZABLE A

HERD of COTTLE IN THESE }PARTS! THE GOVERNMENT ^INSPECTORS WOULON'T BUY MYBEEF.' POOR QUALITY, THEYSAID l BUT THESE FOLKS WILL

BE ONLY TOO GLAD TO TAKEiT—and at my price :

Ot DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR MONTE HALE TOPACK AWAY A HEARTY MEAL--

I’LL STOP HERE FOR SOMETHING TO EAT J ^

THAT WAS A MIGHTYTOUGH STEAK.' HOWMUCH DO I OWE YOU

EIGHTY-FIVEdollars/

LADIE5

INVITED

I GUESS I DIDN'T,

HEAR RIGHT, MISTER.SOUNDED TO ME AS. IFYOU SAID EIGHTY-FIVEDOLLARS FOR THATSTEAK DINNER '

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.' THEPRICE IS RIGHT THERE ONTHE MENU ^ ^

/ THIS IS CRAZY / I X THAT'S NOT MV FAULT, \KNOW THINGS ARE \ STRANGER .' FOOD ISAHIGH IN A GOLD STRIKE I LOT SCARCER THANTOWN l BUT r NEVER / GOLD IN THIS TOWN.'HEARD OF PRICES A_ r

—-

'

LIKE THESE! l M tEGG SAH 0\

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WESTERN HERO

r HERE'S >OUR MONEY.' BUT ITSOUTRIGHT ROSBE ... (WAT'S 7W4T

HERE, NOW.' STOP THISBEFORE SOMEBODYGETS hurt: . >

DROP THAT knife i WHATEVER YOURREASON FOR FIGHTING, IT’S NOT ^WORTH INVITING THE HANGMAN .' )

WE SAVED UP OUR MONEY TOBUY A ROAST BEEFSANDWICH ! BUT HEATE MORE THANHIS SHARE l

SUFFERING_ SAGEBRUSH : ISTHAT WHY YOU ,WERE FIGHTING ? 1

WON'T DO YOU ANYgood; vingo'sA, HARD MAN, ANOHE'S SIDED BY A

, GANG OF EXPERI-ENCED GUN-FIGHTERS .' Jl\

MATTERS HAVE COMETO A FINE PASS WHENGROWN MEN WILL FIGHTOVER A SCRAP OF MEAT,WHAT'S MADE THE FOODSHORTAGE SO BAD ? ,

t^OON--- SO CHARLEY >

VINGO OWNSALLTHE CATTLE HERE-ABOUTS ? ANO HE WON'T ^LET ANY OTHER HERDSBE BROUGHT IN I RECKONHE’S THE MAN I'D VBETTER SEE .' ,—

MAYBE I CAN PERSUADEMR.VINGO TO CHANGE

HIS WAYS '.

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MEANWHILE, AT VINGO'S BAR X RANCH HOUSE ' BLOW UP THE BRIDGESAND STAMPEDE THE ^CATTLE l IF THAT

]

DOESN'T DISCOURAGE J'EM, SET UP ANAMBUSH FOR.THE RIDERS '

BOSS, THREE THOUSAND HEADOF CATTLE ARE HEADED THISWftY! THEY'RE BRINGING 'EM IN

TO RELIEVE THE FOOD SHORT-„ AGE

MIGHTY ROUGHTREATMENT, IF

YOU ASK ME 'Y HANDLE ^'EM JUSTTHE WAY

YOU DID THEk OTHERS/

SOUNDS DOWNRIGHT ILLEGAL TO )

ME THE OWNER OF THOSE zCATTLE HAS JUST AS MUCH RIGHTTO SELLTHEM HERE AS YOU HAVE /

'WHO, ME ? THATbMONTE HALEI DON'T AIM TOMATCH TRIGGERSWITH HIM J ^

WELL, IM NOTAFRAID OFHIM/

YOU'RE STICKING \YORE FACE INTO LOTHER PEOPLE'SBUSINESS/ S/LE/JCEH/M.CWOC L >

I RECKON YOU WON'T LISTENTO REASON AFTER ALL l

J IM WARNING YOU l I'M

GOING TO BRING IN THOSECATTLE / AND I'M LIABLETO GET ROUGH WITH ANY <

HOMBRES WHO TRY TO ASTOP ME L r

CALL THE BOY'S

WESTERN HERO

IWo?, A PEW MILE® OUTSIDE OPLOST PIKE .... |

—icr / r1 THEN U

I APPRECIATE YOUROFFER TO HELP, MONTEHALE .' BUT THERE’SNOTHING MUCH WE >CAN OO.' MY MEN </REPORT THAT ALL (

THE BRIDGES ARE J '

DOWN ALONS THE /"

YOU’VEGOT TOTAKEYOURHERD

FORD THOSE \ GET YOURRAPIDS WITH ) WRANGLERSTHREE (TOGETHER.'THOUSAND J I’VE GOT <

head of San ideaJ .

CATTLE? ITS Vs r-S

IMPOSSIBLE J /

AT A SHALLOW BEND IN THE RIVER,MONTE AND THE RANGE RIDERS CONSTRUCT A RUDE DAM OF ROCK .'

WE’RE ALMOST FINISHED.'HURRY UP, MEN i

SOON JUMPING G/CAMOM5TBPS / /r'sAN AfAGOSU.'

YOUR CATTLECAN FORD THERIVER NOW i

THE DAM HASCUT DOWN THEFLOW OF THERAPIDS f

THEY WAITED UNTILWE WERE IN MID-RIVERTO ATTACK i ^ -

‘ THIS HOMBRE WILLBE ALL RIGHT.' THEYJUST NICKED HISSHOULDER .' -rf"

J ACROSS WITH VlNOO’s/ HIRED KILLERS WAITINGFOR US ON THE OTHER.-t SIDE ? >

what'sON YOURMIND,MONTE ?

'WE'LL BORROW AN '

OLD TRICK FROM THEINDIANS FLAMINGARROWS.' VINGO'S JKILLERS WILL FIND AOUT WE CAN FIGHT J

FIRE WITH FIRE ' y

SHORTLY AFTER

SET YOUR BOYS TOWHITTLING OUT AFEW BOWS AND

,

ARROWS.' THERESENOUGH OIL IN

-THESE lanternsTO SOAK THEM IN

Ty THIS'/OUGHT TO \> SMOKE 'EM

,

OUTiTHE WINDS> SLOWINGTOWARD US'

WE'RE CUTOFFHEAD FOR THE

RIVER l

/ I WON'T FEEL SAFE UNTILI THAT COYOTrr VINGO IS

/ IN THE HAND:> OF THE' LAW l SOMETHING TELLSME HE'S GOT ANOTHERTRICK UP HIS SLEEVE L JL

THANKS TO YOU,MONTE , WE CAPTUREDVINGO'S MEN i AND WECAN START MOVING v

OUR CATTLE l

rI'LL ESCAPE DOWN

RIVER, WHILE THEY'REROUNDING UP THEREST OF MY MEN J j.

VlMGO'S

GETTINGAWAV '

MONTE HALE'S SUSPICION IS CORRECT.' AT THATMOMENT, IN THE STREETS OF LOST PIKE . .

.

LATER, ON THE YOU KNOW WHAT’S THE>OU MURDERERS' NOONEs®*'GOING TO BRING IN DISEASEDBEEF l TL/RH BACKOR iVSIU.K/U. £V£/?Y LASTMAH ' _• „

TRAIL INTOLOST PIKE.;

THEY’RE BRINGING IN PlSeASEPCATTLE i THOSE H0M8RESWILL DO ANYTHING FOR <fTPROFIT—EVEN SELL BADMEAT TO POISON US ALL.'J ,>

WHAT'S THEMATTER, FOLKS

THEY CAN'TGET AWAY .

WITH IT i /

WANTED

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NO SENSE GETTING RILED ' HERE'* THE GOVERN-

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MENT INSPECTOR'S APPROVAL FOR. ,^

THIS BEEF WE'RE BRINGING IN /

QUICKER THAN A CAT, MONTE STRIKES /

THEN WHY ARE YOU WILLING TO SHOOT TO KEEPTHEM FROM SEEING THAT PAPER ' ^

„

IT’S A FORGERY.'DON'T LISTENTO HIM

HAD ENOUGH, )VINGO ? X '

RECKON YOU'DBETTER STARTTELLING THETRUTH-* FAST J ,

I KNOW WHEN I'M)

LICKED.' THEIR. *

CATTLE'S ALL RIGHT.'X JUST WANTED TOKEEP FOLKS HUNGRY.SO I COULD SELLMY CATTLE AT MY

' OWN PRICE .' J

'THE LAW CAN TAKE X OH, THIS ? it's JUSTCARE OF THIS RATTLE*

)A MENU FROM

SNAKE l LUCKY FOR j THAT RESTAURANTYOU, MISTER, YOU / I ATE IN .' IHAD THAT GOVERN- /RECKON STEAKSMENT PAPER WON'T BE COSTING XWITH YOU ' ftff EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS J^ \\l FROM NOW ON

I KNEW VINGO WASBLUFFING-SO I .

HAD TO TRICK HIM <

INTO SHOWING HISHANDi IT WAS AGOOD GAME WHILEIT LASTED, BUT VINGODIDN'T KNOW I WASholding the /

. JOKER.'

FOLLOW THE FURTHERADVENTURES OF MONTEKALE IN HIS OWN MAGA-ZINE MONTE HALEWESTERN AND IN

WESTERN HEROEVERY MONTH .'

HOWDY, DALE.'ARE VUHGO INS TUH THAT FANCYSHINDIS SATURDAY i

'

, NIGHT ? Hf

WAL, X HOPE YUH’LL BEHAVE ) WHY, WHAT DIP I

BETTER THAN YUH DIP , < DO WRONG .

AT THE LAST „ TH£N ^^rt

1

PARTY.' < V~/

I TOLD YUH TUH BE SHORETO WEAR A BOILED SHIRT,

SO WHAT PIP ..

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WAL,WHAT DIP

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WAL,WHAT.WUZ THEDIFFERENCE? it wuzGOOD SOUP J 1 ATE ^

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TWO PLATES)

jiv—, of it.' y

I KNOW I HEARD YUri.'

HUH? WHAT PO YUHMEAN YUH HEARD ME?

LISTEN, YUH ATEYORE SOUP SO""

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THE ORCHESTRA HAD TUHrrt STOP PLAYING-.' rr-

1 DON’T CARE ) C YES, 2-JWHAT YUH SAY.' V VERY ^I KNOW I LOOKED J EXTINGUISHED'VERY GOOD.' , . >

YUH MEAN DISTINGUISHED.'/ ^EXTINGUISHED MEANS /^THAT’S'T PUT OUT.' .— RIGHT—

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JOE ?

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IS MUP

WAL, WAL, LOOK WHO’5 STILLAROUND THIS ONE H05ST0WN.'

, HOWDY, JOE.’ -

HOWPY,BAN »

WESTERN HERO

I THOUGHT 1 HAPN’TSEEN YUH AROUNP PERSOME TIME .'I RECKONYUH’VE BEEN AWAY? ,

I SHORE HAVEI’VE BEEN INHOLLYWOOP .'

IN HOLLYWOOP?GOSH, WHAT WERE

YUH POING —

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C THAR? J

MAKINGPICTURES

NO, NO.11 WUZ

AN ACTOR.'MAKING PICTURES? YUHMEAN YUH WERE A ^PHOTOGRAPHER T> JL

WHAT.' YUHACTEP IN THE

MOVIES ?THAT’S RIGHT.' )

I WUZ IN A FEWPICTURES! 1 PON’TLIKE TUH BOAST, BUT

. I WUZ TERRIFIC.',

IN FACT, / STOLETHE LAST PICTUREi wuz m:

LISTEN HYAR, WISE GUY,I’LL HAVE YUH KNOW I

GAVE SUCH A GREATPERFORMANCE I’LLPROBABLY GET ANOSCAR FER IT.'

— DID THEY CATCHYUH AND MAREYUH PUT IT —

BACK P

WHAT.' YUHSTOLE THEPICTURE?—

WESTERN HERO

OH VEAH VUH SHOULD* HAVE HEARP WHAT j

A BIO CRITIC SAIP’BOUT ME HE ,—

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PESCRIBEP MV ACTING ^ ^—''

.IN ONE WORP.' j '(

WHATX? ^ V WUZ IT?

OH VEAH VUH SHOULP HAVE HEARP WHAT j

A BIO CRITIC SAIP’BOUT ME J HE ,—

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PESCRIBEP MV ACTINO ______—

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IN ONE WORP.' j '(

WHATX? V WUZ IT?

AW, TAKE 1

IT EASV.'I WUZ ONLY

KIPDINO

X JEST CAN’T REMEMBERTHE EXACT WORP.' LET

1 ME THINK.' j

PON’TSTRAIN

VORESELFJ

SHUCKS, I CAN’T REMEMBERTHE WORP.' MUH MEMORVIS ATROCIOUS.' '

yO’RE JEST JEALOUSBECAUSE I’M A BIO MOVIESTAR.' WAL, I’M NOTOOINOTUH STAY AKOUNP ANP GETINSULTEP BV A SMALL FRV

LIKE VUH.' ,

— THAT MUST HAVEBEEN THE WORD ,

THE CRITIC USEDTUH DESCRIBE ^YORE ACTING

wcaictvn nti\u

TELL MEj BAN, HASanyone ever tolpYUH THAT YUH LOOKLIKE ROBERT

WAL, DON’T WORRY-THEY WON’T!

WHY NO, JOE,THEY HAVEN’T.'

OH YEAH.' TAKE AWAYROBERT TAYLOR’S'WAVYHAIR, HIS GOOP LOOK6ANP HIS WONDERFULPHYSIQUE ANP WHAT _—

t

HAVE YUH GOT ? r-^

THAT’S EASYTUH ANSWER-

YUH’VE JEST PONE YORESELF OUT OF A CAREER,SMALL CHANCE

I

WUZ COINS TLIH GIVE YU H ^A BREAK AND GET YUH IN THE MOVIES, TOO.' 7L.I’VE GOT INFLUENCE.' I KNOW A LOT OF i

PEOPLE IN PICTURES.'S SHORE YUH

/Zgl X 7/ - L KNOW A LOT6a OF peopleOr V / 17/ ,5 IN PICTURES

--but it would take aLONG TIME TUH GET THEMOUT OF THE FRAMES!

,^

HOLLYWOOD DIDN’T CHANCE YUH A BIT—YUH WUZ A PHONY BEFORE YUH EVER WENTOUT THAR OOODBYE.' .

(GULP!!!)

WESTERN HERO

t, EARTH SHATTERING1 EXPLOSIONS/AN INJURED“ OUTLAW.' DEAD STAGE-COACH DRIVERS/TOM MIX,THE DOBIE STRAIGHTSHOOTER, MUST CONNECT

- THESE THINGS TO SOLVETHE CASE OF THEBANK BUSTERS/

GOOD NIGHT, MR. HART5DALEI'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING

NIGHT, AT THE D08IE BANK—-/" GOOD NIGHT^-

1 r— gentlemen /

I : J DON'T FORGET TOl) BE IN EARLY i WE

HAVE A BIG DAYAHEAD OF USTOMORROW/ J

LUCKY THEY NEVErYNOTICED US HIDING

O

WESTERN HERO

r THAR'S THE SAFE.'get the DYNAMITEm it ! _

Y JEST THINK.' THAR'S OVER' A HUNDRED THOUSAND ^DOLLARS IN THET SAFE ! M

1 SET IT DOWN RIGHTTHAR, DINKY.' I’LL <UGHT THE FUSE ' j

THE DYNAMITE EXPLODED'

ALL RIGHT, BUT LOOK---THE SAFE'S STILL INTACT/i

* THE CEILING'SBEGINNING TO GIVE

WAY.' LET'SVAMOOSE l a

YSORRY, I'M NOT ,

) HELPING ANY-ONE BUT MYSELF

HELP ME,DINKY :

I CAN'TMOVE l

I'M HURTBAD L

EANWHILE, AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE—

WHAT WAS THATNOISE

,TOM ?

|IT SOUNDED LIKE ANEXPLOSION, MIKE '

IT CAME FROM DOWN ,—.THE STREET l

WESTERN HERO

JATER—WHAT IN

TARNATIONHAPPENED,DINKY ?

PLENTY,BLACKWOOD 1

I'VE GOT BADNEWS FER YUH,BOSS.' WE DIDN'T

’ CRACK THE SAFE.'

AFTER PINKY EXPLAINS--f x ^

YUH CRAZY, BUNGLING FOOL I SHOULD'VEKNOWN BETTER THAN TO SEND YUH .'

WAL, I'M STILL GOING TO GET THET DOUGH/I HAVEN'T BEENTHIS TOWN FER

rtaEXT MORNING, AT THE TOWN HALL—

I CALLED THIS MEETING TODAY, FOLKS,TODISCUSS THE CONDITION OF OUR BUILDINGS

HYAR IN TOWN,

(**bPmmMAYCSPEAK

WESTERN HERO

7SOME OF THEM, WERE BUILT MANY V "YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE RIGHT.

FIRE TRAPS AND A DANGER J JEST THE OTHERTO THE TOWN r—T DM 1 WAS HIT SV

A FALLING PIECEOF CHIMNEY.'

Hater,that oay--

HOWDY , MR. HARTSDALE I I'M. THEARCHITECT THE MAYOR WASTALKING ABOUTAT THE TOWNMEETING ! THEFIRST BUILDINGTHAT CAUGHT M/EYE IS YOREBANK.' IT'S IN

YES, WE KNOW.'THAR WAS ANEXPLOSION

NIGHT?

WESTERN HERO

THAT'LL MAKE ME FEEL MUCHBETTER.' MIX. IS RIGHT HANDY

r WITH A GUN l ^SHORTLY AFTER

THE 7M BAR RANCH,TOM MIX. WILLjoin us: ^ WE'RE not far

FROM MIX'S RANCHNOW/ IT’S JESTAROUND THE >BEND' <

AT THAT MOMENT- QUICK.' BRING THE BUCKBOARDOUT OF ITS HIDING PLACE IN .

the woods iHYAR THEY COMEDINKY! LET'SGET THEM ' ^

WE'VE GOTEVERY LASTcent:

G-ID’DAP

WESTERN HERO lt

SHORTLY AFTER IT CAN'T DO ANY HARMTO RIDETOWARD DOBIE 1 IF THEY'RE ONTHEIR WAYS'LLMEET THEM l M

•©BODY KNEW THEY WERE HEADING TOWARD STREAM VALLEYEXCEPT THE ARCHITECT/MR.HARTSDALE AND JMYSELF •< /)

ACCORDING TO MY WATCH,THEstagecoach carrying THEMONEY IS OVERDUE l

MAYBE I'M JUST GETTING MYSELF WORKED UP OVERNOTHING 1 THEY WERE PROBABLY DELAYED ' _

WESTERN- HERO

A FEW MINUTES LATER.— / X JUST WANTED TOH MAKE SURE OF THAT,

X SENT THE MONEY ON MR. HART5DALE '

THE STAGECOACH, ON THE X ^ ^ADVICE OF THE ARCHITECT; V \PWHO CAME FROM THE MAYOR'S } VOFFICE' NOBODY ELSE KNEW ) /ABOUT IT EXCEPT US.'

. Xl

WHAR ARE YUH GOINGNOW,TOM? -

' I HAVE A HUNCH, AND I'MGOING TO FOLLOW IT_ THROUGH

IT'S ALL RIGHT,TOM l X WAsS. ,

SITTING UP LATE ANYWAY /I HATE TO BARGE

]MR. CRAIG HERE IS THE

IN ON YOU AT THIS J ARCHITECT I SENT FOR, ANDHOUR, MAYOR P I WAS GOING OVER SOME^ A-, PLANS WITH HIM/ .

SHORTLY AFTER- ( YUH JESTARRIVED,TOMWHAR AREYUH GOING?

ACCORDING TO MR. HARTSDALE'S 1DESCRIPTION ,THE FELLOW WHOGAVE HIM THAT ADVICE IS NOT THEMR. CRAIG WHO'S SITTING HERE'

1 THAT MEANS ONLY ONE THING —

-

THAT OTHER FELLOW IS A PHONY/AND HE'S BEHIND THIS WHOLE

AFFAIR/ . , _ _ ^

1 IT'S USELESS TO TRYTO GUESS WHICH WAY

,

l, HE WENT .'

F I’M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE ^TALK WITH THE FELLOW WHO WASHURT IN THAT BANK EXPLOSION lDOC GREENE SAID HE'D KEEPHIM AT HIS HOUSE TILL HE ^RECOVERED.' THAT'S DOC VGREENE'S PLACE ^ . -A„ UP AHEAD .' JbJm

ANWHILE, ATTHE HIDE-OUT-

HYAR'S VORE 1 WITH RICK OUT OFSHARE OF J THE WAV, MYTHE LOOT, f SHARE CAME TODINKY ' I MORE THAN T >

*. EXPECTED J

/ THAR'S NO TELLING WHEN THEAUTHORITIES WILL PICK UP OURTRAIL.' I RECKON WE OUGHT TOVAMOOSE NOW ) ^

r WHAR DO YUH ) IT DOESN'T ’

OPINE WE MATTER ! WE'LLOUGHT TO

lBE ABLE TO

HEAD NEXT? ) MAKE A KILLING^*1 IN ANY TOWN

Wk we HIT ! ^

DON'T COUNT YOURKILLINGS BEFORETHEY'RE MAPS/

i ... i

JUST WAIT A SECOND, TONY,WELL HEAP FOR TOWN ASSOON AS I MAKE SURE I 1HAVE ALL THE GOLP'y-^®

IzjATER— THOSE CRITTERS—' Wanted theMONEY SO BADLY X FIGUREDI'D LET IT KEEP THEM COM-PANY IN THE NEXT CBIU.j-K

) X COULDN'T THINK,OF A SAFER PLACEFOR IT TILL WE'VE

1 finished Rebuild-ing THE BANK ' .

AS SOON AS RICK RECOVERS,HE'LL JOIN

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