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COMICS
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GUN FANN/NG
GUN FANNING WAS ORIGINATED BY TEXAS
COWBOYS TO SHOOT A SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVER
WITH THE MOST POSSIBLE SPEED- THE PISTOL
IS DRAWN WITH THE RIGHT HAND (BV A RIGHT-
HANDED PERSON) AND STEADIED IN PLACE
WITH THE TRIGGER HELD DOWN WHILE THE
LEFT HAND FANS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE GUN,
causing the hammer to rise and fall .

THE FAST "GUN DRAW."

FAMOUS GUNMEN ALWAYS DEVELOPED
THEIR OWN STYLE, EACH DRAWING
THE WAY WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE
THE GREATEST EASE AND SPEED
FOR HIM. THE FAST, "LIGHTNING;
GUN DRAW SHOWN, IS FOR A SINGLE-
ACTION COLT REVOLVER, AND IS
EXECUTED THUS:
1. GUN IS PRAWN FROM HOLSTER BY
INDEX FINGER.
2. A QUICK TWIST THROWS GUN IN
CIRCULAR MOTION FORWARD.
.3. AS GUN BARREL COMES OVER, THUMB

CLOSES OVER HAMMER _

M — COCKING IT AS GUN LEVELS AND IS
.

FIRMLY GRIPPED READY TO FIRE.

THIS, DRAW CAN BE DONE IN ONE
CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT FASTER
THAN THE EYE CAN FOLLOW .

THE HALF- BREED HOLSTER.

THE HALF-BREED HOLSTER IS A
CARRYING CASE FOR A REVOLVER OR
PISTOL WHICH ONLY PARTLY ENCASES THE
GUN, ALLOWING THE BARRELTD PROTRUDE.
THE HOLSTER IS FASTENED TO THE
CARTRIDGE BELT BY A PIVOT ACTING AS
A SWIVEL, THUS ALLOWING THE GUN TO
BE FIRED BY TILTING THE BARREL UP
WITHOUT DRAWING IT FROM THE HOLSTER.
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 CISCO' SOMEBODY NONSENSE.' THAT ANOTHER SHOT ?
'
SHOOT AT US f y ' SHOT WAS UP THERE — COME, PANCHO?
IT BE US
THAT IS A
IF

ON THE TRAIL? AT LEAST SOMEONE IS IN SHERIFF WHO

TWO HUNDRED YARDS ^TROUBLE? J^A ta%HOOTS f
X
FROM WHERE WE ARE? r-

THERE IS NO SHERIFF SO CLOSE? IF

NEARER THAN VACATOWN' PANCHO KNOW
fTEN MILES AWAY ! THAT, HE NOT
HAVE CAMP
HERE' HE —
YOU FOOL HORSE, SENORS WAIT?
f

LOCO' WHY YOU THOSE GUNSHOTS-

NOT LOOK WHERE
PANCHO IS GOiNG 1

WHAT IN
1

BLAZES i '

WHERE'D HE
COME FROM?

SEARCH MEf BUT I

KNOW WHERE HE'S

\ GOIN* f j
—
 f

HIT THE BREEZE, SLATS - YOU'RE TELLIN* ME'

TrlAT BIRD'S DYNAMITE ?> I NEVER SEEN SUCH A .

.GUN WISE COWPOKE f/

CISCO? WAIT PANCHO NOT MEAN / BUT IT IS

FOR PANCHO? FOR YOU TO STOP, FOOLISH TO
AMIGO? AND LET j CHASE THEM UP
THE BANDITS >

THERE
GETAWAY? UNLESS YOU
WANT TO BE
DRY-GULCHED?

PANCHO NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE RIGHT HERE? LOOK? If PANCHO SEE
THAT? HE— HEY ! TWO WERE UP TO? THERE ARE THEIR ^ THREE HORSE-
WHERE YOU THEY RODE OUT ’’•^TRACKS? J&Q TRACKS? BUT NOT
GO NOW ? J OF THE BRUSH .SEE THREE
teSRHOMBRES! ££
 NOf HIS POCKETS HAVE
BEEN CLEANED OUT
PERHAPS THE SHERIFF CAN
IDENTIFY HIM AND ALSO
?
^WE CISGOf
NOT GO
SO WE WILL TAKE HIM TELL US WHERE TO FIND SEE THE
-rTOVACATOWN? THE MAN HE SPOKE ABOUT SHERIFF?
RED RUSSELL? y—

BUT WE DO* HE IS SI? HELP US PANCHO? UNLESS YOU OKAY? NO

THE BEST MAN TO
HELP US FIND — DAB- SMACK
INTO THE
STOP GETTING BUCK
FEVER WHENEVER
MORE WILL
PANCHO OPEN
T JAIL CELL? ,
THE LAW IS MENTIONED,. HIS MOUTH—
I WILL FIND A NEW EXCEPT TO
' COMPANION ?, PUT FOOD IN
lT,OF COURSE?

Later, in vacatown I SURE DO? THAT'S SIDNEY BLAKE

FROM LA MESA? ONE O' THE BEST-
DO YOU KNOW HIM, KNOWN HORSE DEALERS IN r—ril'
SHERIFF? ^ THE STATE
y—
J
.
? ,

I
yw
^
I
I
 —

I LL ROUND UP A POSSE AN
f AND RED ^S
GET ON THEIR TRAIL, ( RUSSELL,
~“V PRONTO! y— SHERIFF? WHERE
WI LL WE BE APT TO

IH®I

f WELL, PANCHO, WHATJ) / BUENO! AND ^

\DO YOU THINK OF I PANCHO IS
(mAT SHERIFF \ LOCO FOR TO J
)

BE AFRAID OF/
( HIM BEFORE
\\

i
NICE O’ RUSSELL TO ROUND

\ US, BOSS f —
UP THEM BROOMTAILS FOR j
_
\

YEAH, SLATS f THEY'LL

BRING A MIGHTY GOOD
PRIGE BELOW THE
BORDER ?

At THAT MOMENT

BOSS? T ROLL YORE GUNS,

CLOSIN' MEN f AN' SHOOT
nr TO Kl LLf '
Ji WHAT
( THE — '
RUSTLERS ? DUCK FOR
COVER ' AN' START ,
—
THROWIN' LEAD J '

LIKE PANCHO SAY, GUNFIRE ? MADRE MIA' SO SIf AND IF WE DO

CISCO, HE NOT EVER OVER THAT MANY GUNSHOOTS ' NOT HURRY, THE
BE 'AFRAID WAY f LET LIKE THE WARf ry WRONG ARMY MAY
At-£££f WHAT’S j
n THAT?
vJJS GOf (WIN IT f S

CISCO' WE CANNOT /RIGHT' YOU WHAT YOU HIDE DIABLO, GO AHEAD

FIGHT ALL THOSE / HEAD BACK TO DO, CISCO? ON FOOT AND HELP THOSE
BANDITS ^ TOWN' BRING THE COWBOYS TO HOLD FAST
TILL YOU BRING BACK T
\
SHERIFF AND HIS
POSSE... PRONTO f THE LAW' ^
AHA' WITH THAT BOXCAR FOR )
COVER, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO M
GAIN THE RAMP WITHOUT
\BEING SPOTTED f
*5
While cisco unfolds his daring AS THE TWO SIGNAL SHOTS RING OUT
SCHEME... i

THERE'S ONLY TWO OF

BOSS? WOODY AN' THEN WHAT' RE 'EM LEFT, BOSS ? THIS’LL
THE BOYS’RE WE WAITIN '

X BE A CINCH ?
ALL SET f ,
^ FOR? I'LL
GIVE THE SIGNAL!

GUESS AGAIN, HOMBRES? ^ i

THE SUNWISE COWPOKE? YOU FOOL!'
DROP THOSE GUNS AND REACH ? COWPOKE AGAIN? THAT'S THE CISCO A

AND PANCHO-AND f AND AM I / YOU ARE SHH, CISCO? PANCHO

)
THE SHERIFF? WE GLAD TO IWELCOME, TAKE THE SIESTA HE /
MEET ON THE .
k
GET MY THANKS FOR BUT DON’T NOT GET AFTER HE /
ROAD? COME HANDS ON EVERYTHING, ^ FORGET— EAT SO MUCH /
FAST LIKE
ANYTHING?
}
J
THESE BIRDS! CISCO? r'
-7 NOW, WHERE
HAS PANCHO
[LUNCH!
I /
—S—f
j

OH,
GONE? / V PANCHO 0
^I§€#
mm
 LOCO IN FRONT OF
f

THE CAFE»r THAT

PROBABLY MEANS
PANCHO IS INSIDE y
H OF- IT ' • ^

I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SENORf STOP THAT \f WHAT?

HE WOULD STOP TO , HORSE BELONGS TO
STUFF HIMSELF ? / MY FRIEND, PANCHO f/

SO YOU'RE HIS iDO NOT UNDER- NED WALTERS f DEPUTY {BUT I

ACCOMPLICE? STAND, SENOR? SHERIFF? AN’ l’M HAVE NOT
REACH AN' BE WHO ARE YOU ? r TAKI N‘ YOU IN r—? BROKEN
QUICK ABOUT IT? START WALKIN'? J ANY LAWfj
YOU MUSTAf SEEIN' AS THERE MUST BE NO? WE'VE GOT HIM DEAD
YOU ADMIT BEIN' A PAL SOME MISTAKE, TO RIGHTS r OPEN THAT
O' THAT OVERSTUFFED SENORf DOOR, AN' NO TRICKS ? )
KILLER, PANCHO!
^ ,
.
\

JUST MADE A REAL HAUL, >

PANCHO IS NOT A
SHERIFF? THIS HOMBRE S A MURDERER? SOMETHING
PAL O' THAT KILLER WE NABBED IS VERY WRONG HERE? r**
_ THIS MORNIN

IT SURE IS? LAST NIGHT YOUR THAT IS A LIE? I'VE GOT WITNESSES WHO
PAL BUSTED INTO THE BANK, PANCHO WAS NOT SAW HIM RUN OUT O' THE
CLEANED OUT THE SAFE AN' ANYWHERE NEAR BANK, FORK HIS CAYUSE
GUNNED DOWN CLINT DORAN. MESQUITE AN'HIGHTAILIT OUTA TOWN?
THE GUARD, IN COLD BLOOD? ’(
LAST NIGHT ? )
 SHERIFF! A MOB'S
FORMIN’? COULD BE THEY
AIM TO STRING UP ^
PANCHO ! riJ
j
—

'CISCO' OONOTV^ /YOU ARE SAFER HERD.

MOVEiCISCO' ! DON'T WORRY ! I
THAN ANYPLACE ELSE
)
WILL NOT LET ANY- LEAVE PANCHO TO /
PANCHO MUST DIE LIKE MOUSES I RIGHT NOW! I'LL BE y
VAMOOSE' HE NO BODY HARM YOU f S BACK AS SOON AS
WANT TO GET
IN THE TRAPS'
— 7
POSSIBLE ?y
f
STRINGED' J.
HEAD OUT THE BACK WAY, LOOK, CISCO f OVER” THERE MUST
NEDf GET JOE AN' CHIPf THERE BY THE PALACE BE TWENTY OF
I'LL SHOW THOSE ROWDIES THEM, ALL
j"""
WHO'S THE LAW IN _ ARMED f

MESQUITE ?

RIGHT' AN’ COUNTIN' MY THREE

DEPUTIES, THERE'S ONLY FIVE O' OUTSHOOTf BUT
US/ MIGHTY BIG ODDS, IF YOU
ASK MEf - ^ . NOT TO OUTWIT'’

PALAC
MOC

YOU'VE GOT
A PLAN?
SI GIVE ME ONE OF
f HERE’S SOME HATS X THERE is NO
. YOUR DEPUTIES AND PRISONERS LEFT HERE' TIME TO EXPLAIN
ALL THE GUNS YOU
CAN SPARE' IF YOU
BUT DON’T SAVVY-
I
— NOW COME' LET
f

US GET THE GUNS

HAVE ANY OLD MATS, >
IWILLTAKE THEM,/
TOO?

WILL THESE PLENTY* AND WHILE
BE ENOUGH? I PUT THEM TO GOOD
USE, YOU GO OUT AND
TALK TO THE MOB'
/ I
TALKIN' WON'T DO I KNOW, BUT I NEED TIME*
ANY GOOD* THOSE IFTHEY ARE LISTENING TO
BIRDS ARE OUT > YOU, THEY WILL NOT BE
FOR BLOOD ! WATCHING

Hurrying through the dusk, cisco AT THE SAME MOMENT.

OUTLINES HIS PLAN... T RECKON IT'S TIME
THIS WAY,CISCOr BUT WE HAD VINCE GOT OUT OF HERE 1

RECKON WE'RE FAR BETTER NOT

ENOUGH FROM THE TAKE A CHANCE
[ JAIL NOW* S ON CROSSINC
THE STREET UNTIL
THE SHERIFF
BEGINS TO TALK?
THE BOYS’RE
ALL SET, VINCE!
W GOOD! NOW
P THIS TOWN
VINCEf THE SHERIFF’S f THE OLD FOOLf IF HE'
WILL S OUT!
COWIN' > HAD ANY BRAINS, HE’D
REALLY SEE SOME TURN THAT BIRD OVER \
. FIREWORKS' WITHOUT AN AR6U- j
\MENTf J
[ODE0

I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE, MEN

’
f BUT HE'S GUILTY ALL RIGHT! SO WE’LL
PANCHO'S COIN' TO GET A FAIR TRIAL'’
IF HE'S JUDGED GUILTY, I'LL SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE, SHERIFF!
[HANG HIM-!— LEGALLY ! ""if

VINCE PRINGLE! I
WHY? CLINT WAS MY SO ARE YOU GONNA 1 NEITHER!
FRIEND! DON’T AIM s-
AM SURPRISED ' I
HAND HIM OVER— THERE’LL BE NO
TO SEE HIS KILLER OR ARE WE GOIN’ LYNCHIN’ BEES
GO SCOT-FREE / IN AFTER HIM? J IN MESQUITE >
WHILE I’M f
^SHERIFF! J
THEN MAYBE WE'D
BETTER PUT YOU
OUTA OFFICE
HERE AN' NOW'

NICE WORK, CISCO' LOOKS LIKE ^ AND WE ARE GIVING YOUR

Slf -

YOU AN’ CHIP ROUNDED UP V CALLERS ONE MINUTE TO THROW DOWN

[PLENTY O' HELP ? THEIR 6„UNS OR GET BLASTED f r

gvEFV

BREAK IT UP, MEN ? AN' IF I VINCE? THAT BIG GUY'S NO? HE'S SMART
/ WITH
'
CATCH ANY O' YOU ON the THE CISCO KID? LET'S HIM AROUND, IT
STREET AGAIN TONIGHT, GET THE CASH AN' J STAYS PUT AN' SO DO
I’LL SET MY GUN GOIN' y [VAMOOSE ? WE? IF-'WE LIGHT OUT
PRONTO t S AFTER WHAT JUST
hwiihi ~ HAPPENED, HE'LL BE
ON OUR TRAIL IN *

NOTHIN' FLAT? /
 ?

'
YOU SURE FOOLED 'EM, CISCO? THE DANGERIS NOT OVER YET, SHERIFF?
THEY’D O’ RUSHED ME SURE IF THATIS WHY I MUST WORK FAST TO
THEY’D KNOWN THERE WAS ONLY j
s.CLEAR PANCHOf
.YOU AN’ CHIP ON THAT BALCONY

THAT WON’T BE EASY? VINCE PRINGLE? YEP? HE RUNS THE WELLS

'SPECIALLY AS VINCE THE HOMBRE WHO FARGO OFFICE? DOBE’S
PRINGLE AN’ DOBE 'LOST' HIS GUN HIS SIDEKICK? FUNNY,
JONES SWEAR THEY j WHEN I FIRED TONIGHT'S THE FIRST
SAW HIM RUNNING
FROM THE BANK? f
/ FROM THE
BALCONY? /
y .

TIME I’VE EVER KNOWN

VINCE TO LOSE HIS
,

HEAD OR TAKE SIDES //

AGAINST THE LAW? / J HMMM-,
I WONDER-

SHERIFF? HAVEI ANY WAY I CAN? LET PANCHO ESCAPESCp MAYBE? BUT
AN IDEA FOR CATCH' WHAT DO YOU EVERYONE KNOWS OF IT? IT'S WORTH
IN6 THE REAL KILLER 1

WANT ME TO THE GUILTY MAN,

OR
IF YOU WILL HELP
ME
glDO? ^ "
MIGHT PULL ANOTHER
JOB THEN
MEN, TRYIN', SO
I'LL DO IT
g.
AND BLAME ON ONE
T IT ON HIM? ^ CONDITION —
 KEEP AFTER HIM, NED?
m I'M WINDED? d
WHAT IN
BLAZES?

SHERIFF? PANGHO ? HE'S YOU MEAN HE '

KINDA? WE WERE
WHAT’S UP? GETTIN’ AWAY? BUSTED OUT O’ GOIN' TO TAKE HIM TO
JAIL? , ALTA MESA FOR SAFE-
KEEPIN' TILL THE TRIAL:
HE MADE A BREAK FOR
. IT ? ^

HE DUCKED INTO NEVER MIND f DOBE ? V’KNOW IT

THE WOODS, SHERIFF WE'LL ROUND SURE IS LUCKY WE
AN' SEEIN' AS HOW UP A POSSE DIDN'T HANG THAT
IT’S GETTIN' AN' HEAD OUT FAT GALOOT LAST
IDA.RK .AT SUNUP? / —r NIGHT' ^,
Meanwhile MAYBE FOR YOUf
GOOD WORK, NOT FOR PANCHO ?
PANCHOf EVERY- NEVER IN HIS LIFE
THING IS MUY *
DID HE BE IN SUCH
.Bueno r Msam PIDICKLEMENT? $
Much later that same night. CISCO? WHY YOU BECAUSE, OUTSIDE
LOOKS LIKE YOU GUESSED
^ BUENO? THINK THEY ROB OF THE BANK, IT
ONCE he is THE PALACE 1 jgi IS THE ONLY PLACE
RIGHT, CISCO? THAT'S DOBE INSIDE, WE
k
WORTH ROBBING?
HEADIN’ FOR THE PALACE? t
MOVE?
Bf

THE DOOR'S OPEN? SHAKE A LEG, DOBE iNOT FOR ME f

VINCE MUST BE THIS SAFE LOOKS I'M THE BEST
INSIDE A RIGHT? KINDA TOUGH? HEISTER IN THE
BUSINESS? M
 HERE SHE COMES '
JUST LIKE OPENIN'
A TIN CAN f
 THAT WILL KEEP YOU
QUIET FOR A WHILE
DIDN'T KILL DORAN'
I

VINCE DID HE PLANNED II

m BUT WHY? HE
? HAS ALWAYS
?
EVERYTHING, TOO f BEEN A LAW-
ABIDING CITIZEN,
ACCORDING TO

HE WANTED CASH LOTS BUT WHY YOU \ / 'CAUSE AND THE ROPE, OH,
' ]

SAY PANCHO DO / YO0 WERE

S*
r
OF IT f AN' HECOULDN'T I SHE WILL 8E PANCHO'
FIGURE ANY OTHER WAY THESE KILLING-/ A STRANGER LIKE THE CINCH WHAT A
.TO GET IT f j ^ \ROBBERY ? rS IN TOWN
|
AROUND YOUR/ VERY BAD
^
f
[

IT LOOKED \lNECKS fr^ \ JOKE ? r

.LIKE A CINCH'

'
BUT PANCHO IS HUNGRY, i'll FIX THAT AMIGO' WHAT ' PANCHO NOT TAKE
CISCO' AND WHEN HE IS BY BUYIN' YOU ISYOUR HURRY? ANY CHANCES ON THE
HUNGRY, HI’S JOKES ARE TWO OF THE SHERIFF CHANGING
7ALWAYS BAD * ^
IN
BEST STEAKS
MESQUITE'
.
,
HIS MIND' .. ^
COME ON' '
 ^

Drumming hoofs
ON A ROUGH TRAIL.
THE PONY EXPRESS
RIDER f

I RECKON HE’S A LOOKS THAT WAY*

DONE FOR, FRED BUT KEEP AN EYE ON
HIM IN CASE HE'S
PLAYIN' POSSUM * .

I'LL GET THE MAIL }

\ POUCH? S

At THAT MOMENT, ,! THAT

WE ARE
IS WHAT
GOING
A I? BANDITS
/JKaND tFl'M NOT
r MISTAKEN, PANCHO,
V
BUT, CISCO. WHY
ANYBODY DO GUN TO FIND OUT. THEIR VICTIM IS THE V
Y
SHOOTING OUT j \PRONTO? PONY EXPRESS RIDER'
—SPHERE? y— .SEE THAT MAIL POUCH?,
 JJ ?

I'LLSLASH THIS NO TIME '

WHERE’D THEY WHO CARES? I M
OPEN AN '—-- FOR THAT, COME FRQM?^ CLEARIN' OUT BEFORE.
FRED? LOOK THEY GET MY RANGE?/

yqw f *
LOOKS LIKE A
THEY'VE ALREADY
GOT IT? KEEP MOVIN' f
\
OUR JOB'S FINISHED?,

SEE TO THE k
RIDER, PANCHO?
NO? THEY WILL
BUSH-GULCH
HENEVER RIDE
—
AGAIN, CISCO
I'LL RIDE v YOU... I THINK?' EXCEPT TO THE
AFTER THEM ' CEMETERY?
"T
 ^

ONLY ODDS AND THEN WHAT WE BEARPAW'S THE NEAREST S-SHERIFF? BUT
ENDS IN HIS , DO WITH HIM?/ TOWN? AND WE'RE GOING THEN WE NEVER GET
POCKETS? NO < THAT WAY SO WE'LL TAKE TO SEE SENOR SHERMAN
IDENTIFICATION HIM THERE, AND TURN >
— ANDJHE PRETTY _
V
-7 PAPERS? ^ HIM OVER TO THE
r
SENORITA MAGGIE?
r SHERIFF?

WHY S BECAUSE LIKE ALWAYS, A NONSENSE? HE WE ARE PANCHO AND'

NOT? MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE < CAN'T ARREST US CISCO? THAT IS
SHERIFF WILL LOCK US UP WHEN WE HAVE Y ENOUGH?
IN A CELL. . AND LOSE
. DONE NOTHING?
V
. ? ,

the KEY *

ALL RIGHT? I'LL AND LET YOU BE ALONE PANCHO, WHY DO N WHY,Cl SCO, THAT

GO TO TOWN? YOU IN THE CELL? NOTON YOU ALWAYS INSIST ISTHE ONLY THING
RIDE ON TO YOUR LIFES ON BORROWING S PANCHO CAN
;
BORROW THAT HE
\ TROUBLE? f-T DOES NOT HAVE
TO PAY BACK? /**<
 IN BEARPAW, VERY WELL? IN THEN MAYBE YOU LL BREAK
FACT, RANCHO THE NEWS TO HIM ABOUT
THAT'S TOM DAVIS, C SCO f \
ONE
I
AND I ARE ON TOM' MY DEPUTY'S OFF
O' CHARLEY SHERMAN'S OUR WAY TO f *
SICK, AN' I CAN’T LEAVE
RIDERS' YOU KNOW j—rf,
1 CHARLEY? i** }J
VISIT HIM? J THE JAIL ALONE f

<v

WHAT ARE YOU Always pancho

DOING OUT THERE? RATHER BE OUTSIDE
LOOKINGIN THAN
INSIDE LOOKING OUT
-WHEN INSIDE IS
g
THECALABOZO? 1
THIS'LL BE A CINCH, .TOO BAD I'M NOT A
IF 0P1E DID THE REST. TWO-GUN MAN? I
O' HIS JOB? v. f COULD GET THE ^
L GAL, TOO!

AHA* SENOR SHERMAN'S YESf BUT THAT PANCHO? LOOK? SANTO? A BUSH-
HOUSE? HE WILL BE SAD IS A RISK ALL MAIL THERE BY THE r GULCHER?
TO KNOW ABOUT HIS CARRIERS TAKE? SIDE WINDOW?
[RIDER, EH, CISCO? BETWEEN INDIANS
J AND OUTLAWS ? r-/

The MASKED MAN HEARS THE

THUNDERING HOOFS...

GREAT GUNS?
THAT PAIR
-~7 AGAIN? f
I'LL KEEP AFTER CISCO? PANCHO
SI,
HIM, AMIGO? YOU STICK LIKE GLUE-
SEE WHAT DAMAGE —7 PASTE? ^
HE DID? AND STICK
HERE TILL I
GET BACK? /

RANCHO? WHAT- f DO NOT BE EXCITED,

iWHERE— WHO SENOR SHERMAN? CISCO
WILL GET BUSHGULCHER 1

PANCHO STAY HERE

YOU ARE OKAY?
?

S
 HOLO IT, DIABLOr HE MAY
THERE HE GOES?
DOWN THAT ALLEY? BE LYING IN WAIT FOR US
r MOVE, DIABLO? S BEHIND THAT FENCE ? rf

*OR HE COULD HAVE '

CAUTt OUSLY, CISCO STEALS
•DUCKED INTO THAT TOWARD THE FENCE...
BUILDING OVER jjf
t THERE?

HIS HORSE? HE AND HE MUST HAVE CONE

DID COME BACK IN HERE? THERE IS NO
THIS WAY? OTHER PLACE? .
BUT CISCO’S DYNAMITE f IF
FOR PULLING A^
SMART BUSINESS
HE GETS WISE, OUR GOOSE, DEAL? DON'T TALK
IS COOKED?
SUCH FOOLISHNESS
Meanwhile, Charley has found cisco and THAT'S PLAIN f HE
HEARD THE SAD NEWS ... '

SAVVY WHY HE‘S WANTS THE MAIL

I'MAT MY WITS' END, CISCO? YOU HAVE NO
DOIN' IT, EITHER? CONTRACT FOR J
? HIMSELF? )
.

IFTHIS SKULDUGGERY IDEA WHO'S

KEEPS UftTHE GOVERNMENT BEHIND THIS
WON'T GIVE ME THE NEW t PLOT TO RUIN
MAIL CONTRACT? AN' THAT) V YOU ? g-s*
WILL MEAN BANKRUPTCY A (

UNCLE CHARLEY ? TAKE IT EASY,

MAGGIE JUST TOLD OPIE? EVERY-
ME ABOUT THE THING'S UNDER
SHOOTING? ARE YOU \ CONTROL? s*
OKAY? DID YOU
SEE THE GUN J —
MEET THE CISCO
v
KID, OPIE? GLAD TO
CISCO, THIS IS KNOW YOU,
MY NEPHEW,
OPIE BECK? HE'S
> OPIE? _
UP FROM DALLAS
FOR A VISIT t 0f

I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU

I'LL DO MY
AN' YOUR CROOK- CATCH IN',
BEST, SENOR?
CISCO? HOPE YOU NAB THE
HOMBRES WHO ARE CAUSIN'/
UNCLE CHARLEY SO
MUCH TROUBLE? jJ
Later, that night

THAT SQUEAK! EITHER

SOMEONE IS IN THE HALL
4 ORI DREAMED

At that moment. A SKELETON—key turns IN THE

lock . . . r
SO! I'M TO HAVE A
VISITOR I'LL GIVE
HIM A SURPRISE ! -7
A KILLER MOVES NOISELESSLY And a knife flashes in the
TOWARD THE BEO... MOONLIGHT.

LOOKING FOR Cisco's flying tackle crashes the intruder

ME, SEfiOR? TO THE FLOOR.

But he wrenches free, gains his feet and

RUSHES FORWARD
 ?

Only to be
FLUNG BACK

TRY THAT FOR

’
SIZE* CISCO?

SANTO? A BANDIT? MADRE MIA

HE HAS KILLED a
PANCHO SO
UPSETTED HE
Wt CISCO? mimiHM
MISS LIKE
\TENDER FOOT S'
 * BUENO? CISCO
NOT DEAD? ONLY
PANCHO FiX
CISCO-- PRONTO?
K
KNOCKED MUCHO
"n COLD? ^

AHA f> JUST (ULP') PANCHO? CISCO? PANCHO? A MASKED HOMBRE?

LIKE THE > STOP? YOU'RE WHAT HAPPENED?, HE TRY TO KILL >
SHOWERING DROWNING ME? CISCO?
\BATHSF <
,

After cisco explains NO? BUT HE HOLY SMOKE ? THAT

LEFT THIS LOOKS LIKE A PIECE
ANY IDEA WHO IT behind? r O' MY NEPHEW'S
-i WAS, CISCO? f
r
>
WATCH CHAIN?
 THAT S
BUT, DAD,
FANTASTIC? IT
I D
THINK
HATE TO
IT WAS,
IS AVERY COMMON STYLE,
SENOR SHERMAN' BUT IT
7STRANGER
IT D BE
IF IT

COULDN T HAVE BUT THAT WATCH IS STRANGE THE COMMOTION DID ! HE'S AT A
CHAIN- HASN'T WAKED OPIE? < DANCE IN
_
RAWHIDE? WON'T
BE BACK TILL <
AFTER SUNUP? )

I DON’T KNOW? BUT I’M

( GETTING AN IDEA HOW TO FIND'S

OUT WHO IS f AS SOON AS l‘VE )
DONE SOME CHECKING, I'LL
VTELL YOU ABOUT IT?

The NEXT MORNING

MADRE MIA, CISCO, WE N
HAVE SIT ON THIS RAI L TWO
NO LONGER? HERE
COMES THE MAN WE'VE
VK
HOURS! HOW MUCH LONGER BEEN WAITING FOR? LET’S
WE PLAY AT BEING BIRDS , START WALKING!
TlON THE PERCH?/—^"1

I
tVY/ J0
 A THOUSAND
PARDONS, SENORf

ALL THAT SITTING i WRONG, PANCHO!

AND FOR NOTHING WE FOUND OUT
MUCH f CRUGER
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NEVER WILL IF ARE' PULLIN’ WHAT?
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7 YOU OUGHTA FEEL SWELL, OPIE? LUCKY MEETIN' YOU AN
IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE YOU'LL GETTIN’ IN ON THIS DEAL?
HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO PAY OFF

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HERE HE IS, SENORS? NOW

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I GIVE UP?
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DIABLO WILL SOON CATCH

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OTHER I OH, PANCHO:

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Homes On The Range.

7 HE BUNKHOUSE
ON LARGE AND SMALL WESTERN
RANCHES, BUNKHOUSE5 ARE BUILT
TO HOUSE THE COWHANDS .

THERE IS NO DISTINCT TYPE OF BUNK-

HOUSE, ANY PARTICULAR DWELLING IS
BUILT FROM MATERIAL WHICH IS
PRACTICAL IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH
IT IS ERECTED. THESE DWELLINGS ARE
SIMPLE, AND OF LOG, FRAME OR ADOBE,
mrr
BUILT IN ANY DESIRED SIZE FOR THE
CONVENIENCE OF THE COWBOYS.

"THE T/P/.
A TIPI COMMONLY CALLED TEPEE,
IS AN INDIAN HOME USED AMONG
THE PLAINS INDIANS. IT CONSISTS
OF A CIRCULAR FRAMEWORK OF POLES
BR0U6HT TOGETHER AT THE TOP AND
COVERED WITH SKINS SEWN TO FORM
ONE PIECE. THE DIAMETER OF THE
AVERAGE TIPI AT THE BOTTOM IS
FIFTEEN FEET .

THE FIRE FOR WARMTH AND

COOKING IS BUILT IN THE CENTER
OF THE FLOOR, THE SMOKE ESCAPING
THROU6H AN OPENING AT THE TOP,
REGULATED BY MOVABLE FLAPS.
A TIPI IS NOT A WIGWAM. WI6WAMS
ARE MADE OF POLES AND BRUSH
IN HUT FASHION .

APOBE HOUSE
ADOBE HOUSES ARE MADE OF SUN-
DRIED BRICKS AND ARE USUALLY
FOUND IN THE VAST ARID PARTS OF
THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES, WHERE
TIMBER IS SCARCE THIS TYPE OF
.

HOME GIVES COMFORT TO THOUSANDS

OF FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY THE
MEXICANS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE
COOL, EARTHEN WALLS OFFER PROTEC-
TION FROM THE BLISTERING SUMMER
SUN AND WINTER STORMS.
MEXICANS AND SOME TRIBES OF
INDIANS ARE EXPERTS IN THE MAKING
OF ADOBE BRICKS FROM EARTH
FOUND ONLY IN SOME PARTS OF
THE SOUTHWEST .
 THE TEXAS COWBOY
Oh, I'm a Texas cowboy,
Far away from home,
If I ever get back to Texas,
I never more will roam.

Montana is too cold for me.

The winters are too long.

Before the roundups do begin.
Your money is all gone.

Come all you Texas cowboys,

And warning take from me,
And do not go to Montana,
To spend your money free.