#57

Synopsis

Red's missing mares graze a hollow where the grasslands dip down. The thief: a wild black. Po-ko fears as the black approaches unafraid. Papoose trembles, wheels about, knowing his equine kin an insane killer. Po-ko on her pony flees to fetch Red. LB rides Papoose to a piñon, swings on a branch, puts two arrows in the killer's flank to distract from pursuing Papoose and Po-ko. Treed overnight, LB wakens to the killer's savage scream, falls, dazed: the sound of hoofs on flesh, two horse bawling in anger, then shots. Hi Red! We ketch-um your mares easy, now ol' he-devil hoss be dead.

Credits

Script

Fred Harman

Pencils

Fred Harman, Bill Ely, Dan Gormley

Inks

Bill Ely

Editor

Oskar Lebeck

Entry states: "kyotee kids. 6p. for revision. for red ryder comics #57. sent september 22, 1947."

Gaylord Du Bois

Entry states: "little beaver climbs a tree. text for red ryder comics #57. sent october 17, 1947."

Gaylord Du Bois

Signed on story page 6 at bottom of panel 5 of 7.

Harry Parkhurst