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3. RED RYDER COMICS. No. 129, April, 19S4. Published monthly by K. K. Publications, Inc.. at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. by
arrangement with the Hawley Publications Incorporated. Subscriptions in the U.S.A. and all its possessions $1,00 per year. Canadian
subscriptions $1.20 per year. Foreign subscriptions ii-OO per year. Entered as second-class matter June 9, 1942 at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y_, under the act of March 3, !S79i Copyright, 1954, by Stephen Slesinger. TELECOMICS Copynght, 1954, by Telecomics Inc.,
N. Y. Copyrighted features licensed by Stephen Slesinger. N. Y, Ail rigbtl reserved. Printed ui U. £. A. by Western Pnating tic TrirVip-
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6. YOU'RE EIGHT, LITRE
BEAVEE.'THEEE HE IS...
QUIET NOW. ..HE LOOKS
IMTESESTEP IN AY
HOOK.'
THEEE'LL BE A
FRE&HT TRAIN CROSSING
THAT TRESTLE IN ABOUT
THIETy MINUTES/ WE CAN
HOP ABOAEP ANP EIPE
CLEAR. PAST THE NEXT
/^GOOD/I'M
/ BUSHEP/ IT WAS
NO FUN PUCKIN'
V THAT POSSE
VyESTERPAY.'
THOSE BE-U/V
MPAEN WE .<
LOOK-UM FOR"
YESTEEPAY REP
eypee/
' THAT'S RIGHT LITTLE 1
{BEAVER/THEY CAN'T /'
• . SEE US THROUGH v
J'THAT BRUSH, SO KEEP
! PAPPLING.. WE'LL.
. CUT THEAA, OFF ANP
, SIVE THEM A SURPRISE.

7. THIS IS A GCOP
SPOT/ LET'S GET UP
SEHINP THOSE ROCKS/
THEY'LL HAVETD
PASS- RIGHT
AUBeer-uMTHEie
GUNS ANP THE
. GOLC, EEC
SOEEYTO PETAIN
you,poys,suTi'M
afeaip vou'ee going-
to miss youk.

10. ' SRASTHEGOLPANPTHE PAWLES,SAV /
I'LL 5ENC THESE TWO OFF ON THEIE
JOUENEX OVESTWE FALLS/
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:ke we so, sam.'
-II KG CAN STOP US
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11. AIE / FISHIN& POLE
BKEAK-UM IN TWO/
HALF JLMP-LU
OUT OF CANOE /

13. Sgp eypeg ANP little SSAVge
HIPE 9ESIPE THE TRACK©

15. WELL I LL BE. ./THAT NOSV EEPHEAPS
STILL ALIVE/ BUT ILL TAKE CAEE ,
OF HI/VV THIS
TIME /

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...WHILE LITTLE BEAVEE CREEPS
9ACK ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIPE .
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19. BAP APACHE, CRAZY POX,
RA1P OUR VILUASE.^TEAL.
HORSES, BURN HOGANS /
NOW HE HIC7S ON MESA OF
EVI- SPIRITS ONTHUNOSZ'
MOUNTAIN/ WE MUST

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/fcrtr THE THTAlL THAT LEAC^S -fiJTHE MESA OP
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21. THAT MOMENT.THB 0«fy OF" A WOLF IN
THE DISTANCE KEACHSS LITTLE SEAVE?
MM? AT THAT MCMEfVT, LUKKINS IN
THE BUSHES 3EHINTP THEM, IS TKE
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WATOHIN& US,
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THE TINW .' LOOK I CAVE IN
tvtolJNTAIN /THATT BE HIPE-OUT
OF CKA^ZY FOX,Y0U BETCM-UNM

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31. NO, I WAS UPSTAIRS)
I WHEN THE EXPLOSION /TOOK PLACE'/

32. BY THAT LOOk IN YOUR EYE, CUCHESS,;
I'P SAY YOU HAD SOMETHING
UP YOUR SLEEVE/
NEVER MIND ABOUT MY
LOOKS, SHERIFF —
JUST CALL ALL THE
MEN TOGETHER FOR
THE &EARD JUPiSINY,

36. fTELECOVWCS PRESENTS" .COPR-. 1«7, BY TELECOMICS. INC.. N. Y
THE WEST THAT LIVES FOREVER
VENGEANCE '/
Have you ever wondered what made some
of the bad men of the old West the way they
were? This question, has intrigued me for
some time, so I finally decided to ask some
questions on the subject. Putting all the
answers together was like fitting the pieces
of a giant jigsaw puzzle, but when I was
through, I had some mighty interesting facts.
Let's start with Jesse James. His home was
a peaceful farm in Missouri, which later be-
came a virtual battleground for Quantrill's
Missouri Border Guerrilla men and the Kansas
Jayhawker "Regulators."
When the "Regulators" discovered that
Jesse's parents were in sympathy with the
South, they destroyed his home, beat him
unmercifully, attempted to hang his father,
anil imprisoned his aged mother. Jesse's
brother, Frank, escaped to join Quantrill's
forces, and Jesse soon followed him. .
•
By the end of the war, both Jesse and
Frank had only one thought in mind — get-
ting even —and like all other bad men, they
didn't know when to stop. They continued
getting even until ihey had become hardened
criminals and murderers/ and until society
finally got even with them.
Vengeance seems to be one of the strong-
est human emotions, one which is difficult
to forge! or put aside. This motive frequently
instigated the bad man's first criminal act.
George Coe, for example, once swore venge-
ance against Sheriff Brady of Lincoln
County, New Mexico, for Brady's cruel treat-
ment of him. Coe was arrested for a crime
pt which he was entirely innocent.
"
iCoe^escribed this incident in his memoirs.
Frontier Fighter: "... They tied my feet to-
gether under the horse's belly (a common
method of preventing escape). At the same
time they bound Scurlock (another prisoner)
in a like manner. Then, with bedcord, they
tied my hands together after circling my
arms about Surlock's waist. A slow, drizzling
rain had begun to fall. The cords on my wrists
tightened as they wet through, adding to my
misery! Though I have suffered gun wounds
and broken bones, that ride stands out in my
mind as the most horrible three hours I ever
endured."
Swearing to get revenge on Brady and his
cohorts, Coe soon turned outlaw and killer,
and became a leading figure in the famous
Lincoln County war.
Another example which proves how strong
the motive of vengeance is for personal
injury may be found in the story of Clay
Allison.
Late one night, while making camp in the
W^hita country of New Mexico, Allison was
suddenly attacked and beaten by three men,
Left for dead, Allison miraculously recovered
and spent the following six months tracing
his attackers through the entire Western part
of the United States until he finally dis-
covered and killed all three men.
,
Strange as it may seem, the famed Dalton
Brothers, Bob, G*at, Frank and Emmett, were
once Osage policemen. Their life of crime
began after they were refused salaries due
them as members of the police force, and
because of this injustice they became bitter
and sought vengeance on all organized law.
The sudden death of their brother Frank,

37. while still a police officer, spurred their
hatred and was a definite influence to their
hot-tempered, vengeful nature.
William Clarke Quantrill, though not as
well known as Billy the Kid or The Dalton
or James boys, was perhaps the worst bad
man the West will ever know.
A quiet schoolteacher prior to the Civil
War, Quantrill changed into a bloodthirsty
murderer when his brother was wantonly
killed by the Kansas Jayhawkers. Organizing
a baad of nearly five hundred angry Southern
sympathizers, Quantrill completely burned,
ransacked and pillaged an entire Kansas
town, murdered eighty Yankees at a single
command, and spread violence across the
country.
Thousands suffered because of the need-
less death of one man and the savage nature
of a maniac who actually believed he was
right in avenging his brother in such a
manner.
In the summer of 1851, gold was dicovered
fit Pihos Altos, in the heart of the Apache
country. The presence of so many white men
worried the Indians, especially their great
chief, Mangus Colorado.
The Apache leader feared an attack, and
he watched the white men closely. He was
surprised when all they did was dig and
climb around the rocks of the desert moun-
tains. Since they seemed to be interested only
in finding the yellow metal they called gold,
Mangus decided that the quietest way to get
them out of Apache country would be to tell
them of another mine, richer than the Pihos
Altos diggings, in Mexico territory.
There was nothing wrong with the plan —
except that it didn't work. The wise Apache
misjudged the white men and their greed —
for none of the miners would believe that
Mangus knew of richer gold deposits, or that
he would tell of them unless it was a trick
to take their lives.
The miners, on the other hand, wished to
be rid of thr Indian, and one night they de-
cided they could have great sport by giving
Mangus Colorado a sound whipping. It
seemed like an amusing idea to these frontier
men, and it would surely convince the Indian
that they were not interested in his wild talk
of oro in another mountain range.
A dozen men jumped the unsuspecting
Apache and tied him to a tree, then beat him
nearly senseless with a blacksnake whip.
The chief was badly hurt when he was finally
released, and he barely managed to reach
his own camp and tell his story This was the
beginning of real trouble, and was a serious
mistake on the part of the white men.
Mangus Colorado swore revenge, more
for the indignity and treachery than for the
huge scars on his back He had been very
patient with the white men who were in-
vading his country— patient m spite of the
many Indians who had been killed already
in ambushes, massacres and real battles. But
the whipping was too much, and he never
forgot it. It was a great insult to a great chief.
and Mangus Colorado spent the rest, of his
life avenging his wrong.
Many white men in the Southwest died at
the hands of the Apaches because of this
needless brutality inflicted by the Pihos Altos
miners, and perhaps the whole history of the
area was changed because of it-
The strange stories behind the bad men.
of the West could fill many volumes if told
in detail, but it seems that one particular in^
cident. often a minor one, started these men
on their lives of crime.
Billy the Kid blamed his outlaw career on
his stepfather, while Langford Peel blamed
ingratitude of the people he had befriended
as the reason for his life of crime. But what-
ever the reason, these were selfish men who
failed to possess the one common emotion
— forgiveness.
Unlike Bat Masterson, Pat Garrett and the
true heroes of the Old West, these men lived
theii lives in vengeance, until vengeanc*
became theii tombstones.

38. IT WAS VIC AeglGO/ WE'VE BEEN
HE ESCAPEP FgCMA STATS ICHASIN'HMA ,
cei'SONi this /MoeMN.'. I&ultu'wav
anp jusTAMjBPEeep / FeoMEiiABset
AAAYoe WATSON.' (->
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HE'S SWRTlN'TO
CaR«Y OUT THOSE
THREATS- HE .VAPE
AT HlSTEIAL LAST
/MONTH/
when the juey I
CONVICTEP HIM OP I
MURPEClN SUCK. t
>
SlMPSON HE SWORE
HE'P KILL "THE MAYOR,
EUFETAgOg, AM' EVEN
UUPGE SEAOFoeP
U/MSELF IF HE EVEE
'
GOT OUT OF
PEISON.'

42. AN yOU CAN BET
YOUR BOOTS HE'LL
BE BACK FOE TABOR
,
TOO, IF WE PON'T
FINP HIM/
WAIT A MINUTE,
SHERIFF/
R£A EMBER
WHEEE AREISO
HI P OUT AFTEE
BUCK SliWPSON'S

43. YEAW,HEREALUy
SET THINGS UP FOR
US...ANPONCE
TH' SHE-BIFF ANP
EYPEE ARE OUT
OF TH' WAY, I'LL
HAVE CONTROL. OF
TH 'WHOLE TOkVN.'

44. JUST TR.UST ME
SHERIFF.' :n GOING
TO RlpE OVER THERE sow,
ANPHEEE'S WHAT I
WANJT YOU AMP

46. OUT
Of MY

47. STIU I CAN'T
FIGURE OUT HOW YOU
&USPECTEP
TABOR/
I PlWTDNTILI
SAW THAT BULLET
HOLE IN TU 'SCREEN
AT TABOE-S
OFFICE/ J

48. WIGWAM WAYS to
1
RED MANS
TELEPHONE
.., Wg ANNOUNC&P TMi5 TD Th£
HUNTgl?5 SV THROWING HIS
ROUUP UP BLANKET IN THE A)2
ANP CATCHING IT LIKE A BAu./

49. lE WUNTEZS KNEW A VEE> LA2SE HEKP
OF BUFFALO tvEEE NEAE IF THE SCOUT
'
WAvEP H<S BLANKET, ANP THEN SPEEAP
IT ON THE GEOunP ANP OUW6P OVER
IT.'
*MOKE SIGNALING WAS
POPULAE A-MONS THE INDIANS , .'
'OF THE GeEAT Pi-AIN=.< »_^sB^4"^!
rELECTJNG A HIGH CLIFF, THEV
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ON THB BLAZE
TO MAKE" IT
SMOKE.'
IhEN A WET BLANKET WAS
ELP OVSe THE HOLE ANP
WAS LlFTEC AT INTERVALS TO
ALLOW GEEArr pu&FS Oc SMOKg
TO FLOAT SKVWAEP.'

50. This fascinating magazine is chock-full of breath-
taking thrills from cover to cover. Rough and ready
Red Ryder matches his strength and wits against the
;
ruthless outlaws of the colorful Old West.
Little Beaver is always on hand to do his best
to help Red Ryder out of his usual dangerous
situations. Join these two side-kicks as they
ride the frontier together.
Subscribe now! All the family will really enjoy read-
ing the entertaining stories in each issue.
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