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Kid Cowboy #4

May 1951 · Ziff-Davis · 0.10 USD
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This issue contains two main stories. "The Trap!" features Kid Cowboy pursuing a gang of thieves who have stolen varmint hides; after a stampede scatters the outlaws toward the Cheyenne territory, Kid Cowboy and the sheriff pursue them across the border, with Kid Cowboy working to round up his deputies and catch the fleeing criminals. "Red Feather Versus the Eagle of Doom!" follows Red Feather, who encounters an evil magic-protected eagle that a medicine man claims can only be destroyed by a magical arrow, leading Red Feather to seek aid from a tribe to create the necessary charm to defeat the creature.

Contains 8 stories
Buffalo Bill Cody
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's mother
The Colonel's Code
6 pp · Western-Frontier
Colonel Meade

When a U.S. Cavalry officer suffering from head injuries wanders off base and falls in with a gang of outlaws, Kid Cowboy and Red Feather realize Colonel Meade may be organizing the bandits unknowingly—and that his old military code might be the key to stopping them. The duo infiltrates the outlaw stronghold under a flag of truce, banking on the Colonel's sense of honor to remember his duty, even as the gang plots to turn on him. It's a tense gamble where quick thinking and a soldier's principles become their only weapons against overwhelming odds.

The Old Chisholm Trail!
9 pp · Western-Frontier
'Beef' HurleyGarrison

Kid Cowboy Randy Dix hires 'Beef' Hurley and his men to help drive a herd up the legendary Old Chisholm Trail to Abilene, Kansas, but trouble strikes when Hurley reveals his true colors—planning to steal the cattle once they reach their destination. With hostile Cheyennes, stampeding cattle, and betrayal closing in from all sides, Randy must use his wits and grit to protect the herd and outwit the men he thought he could trust.

Eagle of Doom!
6 pp · Western-Frontier
Tala Mahai

When a giant eagle begins terrorizing Red Feather's tribe and their livestock, the young brave refuses to believe the village medicine man Tala Mahai's claims that only magic can stop the creature—and he vows to hunt it down himself. But Red Feather's investigation into the mountains reveals a shocking truth that will expose Tala Mahai as a fraud and force him to fight for his life against both the medicine man and his supposedly supernatural beast.

Cameron's Cowboys
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier
Ewan CameronColonel Joseph Green

In 1840, as Santa Anna's forces terrorize the Texas frontier, the giant Scotsman Ewan Cameron refuses to let the Mexican dictator's brutality go unchallenged. When settlers like Charlie Voss fall victim to the army's raids, Cameron rallies his men to stand against overwhelming odds in this little-known chapter of frontier history.

The Trap
4 pp · Western-Frontier
Blackie Gordon

When jailbird Blackie Gordon and his gang blast their way out of lockup, Kid Cowboy suspects they'll make a run for the border through Echo Pass—and he's determined to stop them. Using quick thinking and some unexploded dynamite left behind at the jail, the young cowboy sets a trap that turns the outlaws' escape route into their dead end. It's a showdown where brains prove mightier than the gun in the young hero's hands.

"Windwagon" Thomas
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier
"Windwagon" Thomas

In 1853, "Windwagon" Thomas rolls into Westport, Missouri with an audacious invention—a sail-powered wagon designed to traverse the prairie like a ship crosses the ocean—and manages to convince the locals he's onto something revolutionary. When the day comes to test his creation, the ambitious launch quickly runs into trouble as the windwagon proves far less forgiving of the landscape than Thomas had promised. This true tale from the American frontier captures the collision between wild optimism and unforgiving reality.

Branding Time
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Western-Frontier
SamCrosby

During the Circle-B's spring round-up, Sam explains the history and importance of cattle branding to a young rider, tracing the practice from colonial times through its crucial role in the Old West. As Sam recounts how honest ranchers used brands to protect their herds and catch rustlers, the story illustrates the cat-and-mouse game between cattle thieves like Crosby and the law enforcement determined to stop them.

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artist, inker John Celardo
cover pencils, inks Norman Saunders

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