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Hopalong Cassidy #8 (1947)

Fawcett · 1947 · 52 pages

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ContinueHopalong Cassidy #9 →
Contains 10 stories
The Lure of Gold
8.67 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong Cassidy

In the frontier town of Twin River, Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy investigates the murder of Honest Tom Collins, a gold assayer whose fair pricing has drawn resentment from local crooks. When his daughter Elaine vows to keep his business running despite threats, Hopalong must protect her as the killers, Montana and Buster, plot to eliminate her with a deadly trap in a mountain tunnel.

Piggy Puns
0.33 pp · humor
Len

Len is downhearted because his prize hog is sick, but a friend offers a peculiar remedy—sugar, jokingly framed as "sugar-cured ham." The story plays on puns and lighthearted western humor, with Len's concern for his pig taking a silly, wordplay-driven turn.

Unshaken
0.5 pp · humor; western-frontier
Pistol Packin' PattieTex

Pistol Packin' Pattie puts Tex in his place with a pair of quick shots that send his guns flying, leaving him trembling and begging for mercy. The situation ends with her refusing to waste another bullet on him, and Hopalong Cassidy quietly noting that the lesson was already learned—no need for a handshake.

Can't Bait Him
0.5 pp · humor
Hill Billy
Muscleman Mesquite
6.67 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong CassidyMesquite

When Mesquite boasts of his strength to win Widow Jones’ hand at the Twin River Dance, Hopalong Cassidy warns him that a rival carnival weight lifter has already caught her attention. As the two men prepare for a strength contest, each secretly tries to sabotage the other’s weight, only to end up injured and humiliated—leaving Widow Jones to decide who truly deserves her company.

Easy Turnover
0.5 pp · humor
Hill Billy

Hill Billy tries to impress Hopalong Cassidy by claiming he’s been plowing his field, only to admit he’s only been thinking about it. When Cassidy teases him about not actually doing the work, Hill Billy attempts to shoot a pigeon on a barn roof, but misses—only to learn he’s been leading a bird that wasn’t even moving.

Pistol Packin' Pattie Leads Him on
0.5 pp · humor; western-frontier
Pistol Packin' Pattie

In this lighthearted 1947 western humor tale from *Hopalong Cassidy #8*, Jo’s sharp-shooting friend struggles to hit a moving bird—so Pattie gives him the classic advice: "Lead the target." But when he tries again, the bird’s still, and his shot goes wide. The joke lands with a wink, playing on the old adage with a twist only a frontier prankster could deliver.

The Gold Train Robbery
7 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong CassidyMesquite

Hopalong Cassidy races to intercept the gold train after learning it’s been diverted from its route by robbers who’ve tampered with the switch at Prairie Junction. With the train now headed toward Arid Valley and the crooks planning to make their escape, Hopalong uses a shortcut to reach the midsection of the line and launches a daring plan to board the train and stop the robbery before the gold is taken.

The Singing Cowboy
4 pp · humor; western-frontier
Whitey Whiskers

Whitey Whiskers, a self-proclaimed singing cowboy, recounts his legendary past to Hopalong Cassidy, claiming his voice once stopped a cattle stampede and reformed a notorious outlaw. As he boasts of his musical fame, his singing proves so painfully off-key that it drives listeners to distraction—leaving even the most hardened cowboys in agony.

The Phantom Stagecoach
8 pp · western-frontier
Hopalong Cassidy

When the ghostly Laramie Stagecoach reappears in the night, Sheriff Hopalong Cassidy must unravel a mystery that blurs the line between the living and the dead, as a terrified man claims the spectral coach is hunting him—though the sheriff isn’t sure if the danger is real or born of grief and fear.

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