Monte Hale Western #73
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMonte Hale battles badmen who have trapped a pioneer family in a cabin after they try to escape an attack. In the main story "Seeds of Friendship," a Gray Hawk tale by Dick Kraus, a young Otapi Indian named Gray Hawk brings corn seed to a white farmer named Tom Cooley as a gesture of peace, but his father Gray Eagle refuses to help the settlers and the Shawanga tribe launches an attack on the village, forcing Gray Hawk to help defend his new friend. The issue also features a story called "Unknown Bonanza" and includes a Gabby Hayes feature.
Sagebrush is thrilled to hear his brother has landed a job that requires constant travel, only to reveal the absurdity of his brother’s role as a truant officer for a correspondence school. The joke lands with a dry chuckle, underscoring the story’s lighthearted Western humor.
Old Slick offers a humorous take on frontier danger, teasing a swamp with alligators while delivering a punchline about torches and speed. The story plays on exaggerated Western tropes with a lighthearted twist, ending on a silly, exaggerated cliffhanger that sets up the next chapter.
Bronko Betsy takes her time writing a letter to her friend Phylliss, explaining that she’s writing slowly because Phylliss can’t read fast. The story plays on the humor of her deliberate pace, set against the backdrop of exaggerated Western action ads.
Gopherface tries to celebrate his uncle’s recovery by serving him a cake made with marbles, only to panic when the man falls ill after eating it. The hospital staff is baffled by the case until Gopherface confesses the shocking truth—his cake was literally made of marbles.
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Reprinted in Monte Hale Western #85 (1955)
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