Gabby Hayes Western #17

When Gabby Hayes wakes up without his horse—or his clothes—he fashions a makeshift outfit from a panther skin and a club, only to have a mob of treasure hunters mistake him for the legendary cave man of Moon Mesa. Caught in a wild chase led by the ruthless Angus Grabb, Gabby finds himself cornered in an actual cave, where he discovers the "cave man" is really a talking con artist named Hank Wampus who's been running a scam to draw crowds to a refreshment stand. Now Gabby and Hank must survive Grabb's fire-and-bullets trap on the mesa before settling their own accounts.

Young Falcon camps outside Lodestone with a valuable turquoise stone meant to buy food for his ailing friend's hungry family—but two scheming varmints have their own plans for it. After a failed theft and a clever swap involving counterfeit money, Young Falcon must track down the swindlers and reclaim what was stolen before they can make their escape.

Gabby Hayes needs fifty dollars fast—his friend Corker's birthday is today—so he enters a boxing challenge against John L. Jawbust, the heavyweight champion, for a fifty-dollar prize. When a schemer named Slick Gargoyle offers to help toughen Gabby's fists with a secret compound, the old cowpuncher doesn't realize he's being set up for a rigged swindle that will leave him with stone-hard cement fists and chased by angry men. With his hands locked in an unexpected advantage, Gabby must outrun trouble, face down a criminal gang, and find a way to undo the mess before he can finally give Corker the birthday gift he's earned.

When the world-famous hunter Otis Q. Coleslaw arrives in the West to bag the legendary bull moose known as Big Bill, Gabby Hayes decides the vain showman isn't going to claim that prize on his watch. With nothing but his wits and a trusty revolver, Gabby devises a scheme to outwit both Coleslaw and his well-armed expedition, determined to protect the mighty creature from the hunter's guns.

Dopey Danny Dee takes on a babysitting job for a quarter, but his well-intentioned solution to a mishap creates a whole new problem. When a young boy named Bobby accidentally swallows a bug, Danny's remedy proves far worse than the original trouble.