Gabby Hayes Western (1948 Fawcett) comic books 1955 or before

Stories and art by Jack Sparling and others. First issue published by Charlton Comics. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby shares tall tales of courageous horses of the Old West. Gabby enlists the aid of beavers to help Tippy win a palomino colt. Gabby wants the reward for capturing an elephant who escaped from the circus, but all he does is enrage the elephant. Favorite line this issue: "Them artist fellers is pecoolyar! Can't tell what they might do!" Cochise, Apache Chief; Death Duel on Lookout Mountain; The Palomino Colt; Jack Slade of the Overland; The Stalking Terror; Buck Desmond: Cattle Stampede; The Whirlwind Wallop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Clint Harmon and others. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby plans to defeat bandits by concealing gold in wagon wheels, but the bandits have an insider who hears the scheme. Outlaw Pesty Buggs has figured out how to control hordes of locusts, and uses them to threaten ranchers and farmers. Gabby Hayes becomes a tax collector, and his first task is to get payment from the miserly Abel. Favorite line this issue: "I'll show yuh a plump easy solution to the sitchyation!" Doc Holliday, the Fast Draw Dentist; Golden Wheels; Happy Homer; Tenderfoot Treasure; The Locust Roundup; Western Wonders; Hank and Buster; Young Falcon: Cunning Death; Chief Gray Matter; Gabby Hayes Becomes a Tax Collector. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Leonard Frank, 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. Gabby wants to know why the Headless Horseman is warning folks to stay away from River Valley. When Heartless McGue and his gang kidnap Tippy, Gabby tracks them to their mountaintop hideout. Gabby and Bullfrog Banks compete to capture the elusive white antelope and the favor of the Antelope tribe. Favorite line this issue: "Skeedaddle, yuh consarned haint! I ain't handing over my be-ootiful haid to a hombre who ain't got a haid of his own!" Rattlers; The Headless Horseman; Western Quiz; Young Falcon: The Strange Sleep!; Gunsmoke at Eagle Rock; Buck Desmond: Lobo Killer; The White Antelope; Prospector Pete. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Mell Lazarus, Jack Sparling, Fran Matera, Donald George, Clint Harmon and Art Helfant. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby unwittingly employs rattlesnakes to rout bandits from a cliff settlement. 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. Plus Li'l Fish, an early cartoon by Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips. And true facts about cowboys. Favorite line this issue: "I'll be hornswoggled! This hombre must be plumb loco!" About Cowboys; The Cliff Bandits; Li'l Fish; At the Drop of a Hat; Musketeers of the West: Dangerous Passage; The Stolen Snapshot; Prospector Pete; Soups On or Pass the Biscuits Before They're All Gone; Oldtimer Yarn; About Horses. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank Bolle and Leon Winik. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby matches wits and fists with Porcupine Quill, the human porcupine, years before a similar villain appeared in Marvel comics. Trapped by bad guys in a cabin set on fire, Gabby is saved when a squirrel bites through the ropes tying his hands together. (Shades of Squirrel Girl!) Favorite line this issue: "Good work, Bushy! I'll train you to be the smartest squirrel in the world!" Ten-Gallon Allen; Gabby Hayes Dunks a Rustler; Buck Desmond: Big Top Fracas; Young Falcon: The Feathers; Wagonwheels; The Loco Photo; The Human Porcupine. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Leonard Frank and Frank Bolle. The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Gabby is mistaken for a famous outlaw and must prove his true identity to get out of jail. Three friends with exceptional skills as woodsmen and trackers join forces, becoming the heroes known as the Musketeers of the West. Gabby is forced to dress up like a "dude" to get into the kitchen. Favorite line this issue: "If I had a hyena-face like you, boxhead, I'd die laughing every time I looked in the mirror!" Cowboy Cal; Gabby Hayes Plays the Dude; Musketeers of the West: The Tests; Ricky Rover Finds a Pal; Bucking Wheels of Glory; Saddlehead; Pistol Packin' Pattie; Gabby Hayes Behind Bars; Cactus Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.