Gabby Hayes Western (1948 Fawcett) comic books 1949

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby pursues the mountain lions that are taking the Bar O Ranch cattle, and winds up in the lions' den, wearing only his union suit. Gabby witnesses a murder at the rodeo, and the only clue is an IOU he finds in the dead man's hand. Four-Gun Fitts is such a good gunslinger, he can fire guns with his toes - which is something you just won't see in any Western movie. Fitts terrorizes the town, but he goes too far when he shoots Gabby's jug of maple syrup. Favorite line this issue: "Faster, Corker! My tonsils is achin' to embrace this tree juice!" Cactus Brain; Li'l Buck; Gabby Hayes Gets Cold Feet; Old Slick; Bronko Betsy; Bachelor of Science; Rolling Stone; Rodeo Champ!; Musketeers of the West; Gabby Hayes vs. Four-Gun Fitts. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Art Helfant. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. "Gabby polishes his boots and his manners, puts away the shootin' irons and combs the cactus out of his whiskers, but his efforts to be a social success all add up to a Disaster in the Drawing Room!" Delirious from thirst, a hallucinating Gabby accidentally captures the Black Raven Bandit. For the big whittlin' contest, Gabby sets out to whittle his masterpiece. Favorite line this issue: "I'll teach yuh to appreeshyate real whittlin'!" On the Warpath; Quiz; Disaster in the Drawing Room; Buck Desmond; Old Slick; Rubbernose Randolph; The Black Raven Bandit; The Whittlin' Contest; Dawson's Revenge; The Counterfeit Strongman; Boxcar Benny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Sheriff Daggle needs Gabby's help to catch outlaw mastermind Silent Sam, but when his mouth gets stuck with taffy, he's mistaken for Silent Sam himself. Gabby gets into deeper trouble when he agrees to judge a "vittles" cooking contest. Gabby tries to teach a boy the difference between tame and wild horses. Favorite line this issue: "Skedaddle, yuh locoed sprout! That hoss is a killer!" The Plight of Silent Sam; Chief Gray Matter; The Matinee Idol; Loco Lew; Buck Desmond; The Vittles Contest; Tumbleweed Jr.; Menace in Disguise; The Boy Who Loved Horses; Li'l Buck; Cactus Brain. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Helping out at a lumber camp, Gabby rides logs downriver like Slim Pickens riding an ICBM in Dr. Strangelove. The Musketeers of the West try to figure out what's so secret about a burro train. Gabby discovers the deadly secret of a traveling "beauty wagon." Favorite line this issue: "Let 'er rip, yuh ornery jughead! I don't aim to be throwed!" Cowboy Cal; Gabby Hayes Rides the Rapids; Gabby Hayes and the Magic Lamp; Musketeers of the West and the Mystery of the Burro Train; Buck Desmond: Mojave Trail; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Hide-Out; The Beauty Wagon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby investigates after a "caveman," apparently awakened from a desert cave, speaks English and robs unwary travelers. The Musketeers of the West realize that someone is selling bad ammunition to the wagon trains. Gabby inherits a ghost town called Dry Skull, only to find it inhabited by three fugitive gunslingers. Favorite line this issue: "Ain't no caveman hereabouts! And iffen thar wuz, I'd tie the galoot in knots!" Chief Gray Matter; Gabby Hayes and the Caveman; Gabby Hayes and His Dark Secret; Musketeers of the West: Armed for Death; Buck Desmond: Poison Creek; Gabby Hayes and His Ghost Town; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby wants the reward for capturing an elephant who escaped from the circus, but all he does is enrage the elephant. Gabby discovers that an eccentric local artist is being swindled by phony miners who claim to be on the verge of a silver strike. A photo contest leads to Gabby, wearing a dress and bonnet, wrestling a bear, while being pursued by a promoter who thinks he's a bearded lady. Favorite line this issue: "I'll be hornswoggled! This hombre must be plumb loco!" Chief Gray Matter; The Stalking Terror; Cattle Stampede; The Palomino Colt; Musketeers of the West: Dangerous Passage; The Stolen Snapshot; The Whirlwind Wallop; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby whittles a turkey call that is his masterpiece, but unfortunately, it also brings real buzzards that are looking for the turkey. Gambler Honest John has never lost a bet, but that may change when Gabby bets him he can ride his horse up the church steeple. Lariat, a member of the Musketeers of the West, makes a new enemy when he exposes a gambler's con game. Favorite line this issue: "What in tarnation is all this foolery?" Chief Gray Matter; His Wonderful Bird Call!; Buck Desmond: Desert Captives; Honest John's Mistake; Musketeers of the West: Gambling with Death!; The Dangerous Duke; Loco Lew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Binder and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. An arsonist is targeting buildings in the town of Rawhide, and he frames Gabby for his crimes. Gabby's clothes are stolen by wily coyote Lop Ear, and Gabby gives chase, wearing only his red union suit with the flap in the back. Gabby realizes that the pickpocket plaguing the town is actually the trained kangaroo of a traveling snake-oil salesman. Favorite line this issue: "Dadburn the thieving four-legged varmint! It's hoomiliating!" Tumbleweed Jr.; Wilbur the Waiter; The Frigid Firebug!; The Ornery Coyote; Young Falcon: Vindication!; Buck Desmond: Hide-Out Cabin; The Kangaroo Crook!!; Pilot Pete; Bell Bottom Bill. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby uses a divining rod and sheer luck when the Bar Nothing Ranch needs a new water supply. Gabby gets the drop on an outlaw gang, thanks to a barrel of molasses. Gabby sets out to capture some mountain goats, and hijinks ensue. Favorite line this issue: "Just wait 'til I git muh hands on the edytor!" The Water Wizard; The Saga of Rattlehead; Buck Desmond: Tumbleweeds Return; Young Falcon: The Triple Menace; The Flapjack Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Art Helfant and Dick Kraus. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Hester shaves off Gabby's beard while he's sleeping, and now the townspeople think he's a Gabby Hayes impostor. Gabby enters the trick-riding contest on Suicide Cliff. Gabby's attempt to capture gambler Pokerface aboard a riverboat is stymied when Gabby gets a pool ball stuck in his mouth. Favorite line this issue: "He's the only idjit in the world that ever ate liver with strawberries!" Chief Gray Matter; Delilah; The Flaming Phantom Horseman; Young Falcon: Sweet Justice!; Buck Desmond: Desert Showdown; Rampage on the River!; Musketeers of the West: Gambling with Death!; Tightwad Tad; Rubbernose Randolph. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. When outlaw Soapy Kake steals a wagonful of soap from under the nose of a sleeping Gabby, Gabby must give chase. Gabby helps the kids build a fort for their club, but then outlaws seize it as a hide-out. Gabby's latest foe is Beaver Ben, who can bite through anything with his beaver-like teeth. Favorite line this issue: "I'll be hornswoggled! The ole galoot is sound asleep!" Chief Gray Matter; Loco Lew; The Soap Thieves; Young Falcon: The Death Trap; Buck Desmond: Paydirt Surprise; The Hide-Out; Beaver Ben, the Biting Bandit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. When Corker the horse witnesses a man taken captive, he acts crazily, in an attempt to alert Gabby to the situation. When a gigantic lumberjack goes on a rampage in town, Gabby is elected to deal with him. Corker is mistaken for a rodeo trick-riding horse. Favorite line this issue: "Dingbust it! Yuh don't need bullets! Yuh need brains!" Chief Gray Matter; Loco Lew; Corker Goes Loco; Young Falcon: The Eagle's Nest; Buck Desmond: Bushwhacker; Paul's Bunion; Tricked! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.