Bob Colt #10

Bob Colt arrives at a remote shack to find a young man named Billy Evans—distraught over his brother Ted's murder the night before—with a rifle aimed at him. After Bob convinces Billy of his innocence, the two team up to investigate Ted's death and track down a mysterious deed to Billy's inherited mine, only to discover that someone else is searching just as desperately for the same document. With danger mounting and suspects multiplying, Bob devises a clever trap to flush out the real killer before it's too late.

Hibble recounts his recent hunting expedition with a hired guide, boasting about the man's incredible fearlessness—until the punchline reveals just how costly that bravery turned out to be. It's a quick, dark-humored jab at tall tales and one-upmanship that captures the absurdist spirit of 1952 humor comics.

When Rawhide Hotchkiss walks into a newspaper office looking for a reporting job, his lack of experience becomes immediately obvious—but his talent for writing clever headlines is genuinely impressive. The editor puts him to the test with increasingly absurd news items, and Rawhide's knack for witty wordplay keeps him in the running, until the boss demands he prove he can actually find stories by landing a personal interview with a dangerous killer hiding in the hills. What starts as a shot at steady work suddenly looks a lot less appealing when the job description includes hunting down a murderer.

Sappy Nappy gets invited to dinner and discovers his host uses a steam cooker to prepare meals—but Sappy's bewilderment over the contraption leads to a comedic misunderstanding about how the whole thing works. This frontier humorist finds himself thoroughly confused by what he considers the dopiest cooking method he's ever heard of.

When Bob Colt stumbles upon a flower wagon in the foothills, a chance encounter with its rough-handed vendors sets him on a collision course with the outlaw Slick Sam and a criminal operation hiding in plain sight. After a midnight stage robbery and a mysterious attack, Bob must piece together the connection between the wagons, a missing man, and a greenhouse that's become an unlikely hideout. With his six-guns and quick wits, he's determined to shut down the scheme and bring the gang to justice.

Chuck Waggin gets an unwelcome reputation after sending newlyweds Bart Flam and his bride what he thought was a thoughtful gift—a carving set with a humorous twist that lands him on the wrong side of their dinner table. This one-page gag delivers a punchline as sharp as the tools at the heart of Chuck's mistake.

Two pals with a gift for wisecracks and insults square off at El Rancho Crummo in this 1952 humor western, as Curly and Lock trade barbs about everything from dental work to harebrained inventions. When one threatens eviction and the other dreams of striking it rich, their verbal sparring only gets more absurd—proving that in frontier comedy, the sharpest weapon is a quick tongue.

Bob Colt faces a reign of terror when a mysterious, monstrous creature emerges from the unexplored heights of Vulture Mountain, leaving a trail of death and devastation across the frontier. When the beast threatens the Hidden Ranch itself, Bob must decide between revealing the location of his secret refuge and stopping the creature before it's too late. Armed with cunning and an old frontier trick, Bob races against time to protect both his home and those he cares about from this seemingly unstoppable fiend.