Number 1810: The lonely cowboy

Hooooo-boy. That is embarrassing. Maybe you can feel the pain of Slim Wallace, who herds cattle, yet yearns for the love of a city gal. Said gal sings on the radio, and Slim writes her a letter. She responds and Slim thinks she loves him. Sad, naïve Slim. Maybe the scene that happened to Slim has happened to you; where he walked into a situation thinking it is 180º different than the other people in the room, and then left shamefaced. It happened to me, and even though it was years ago my face still burns to think of it.

Unlike my situation, seeing as how the story of the love-struck range rider is from a love comic book, all works out in the end. In my way of thinking past the end of the story, what would happen if a cowpoke, used to sleeping under the stars, married a rich, popular singing star who is used to the glamour and glitz of the city? At the very least, the arrangement would take some work.

“Six-Gun Serenade” is from Prize Comics’ Real West Romances #6 (1949). It is drawn by the team of John Severin and Will Elder.

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