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Cowboy Western Comics #26
This issue is an anthology featuring biographical features on famous Western figures. The cover story highlights George Montgomery, while the interior pages include a feature on Will Rogers describing his birth in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1879 and his career as a cowboy, rodeo rider, comedian, and entertainer. Another feature covers Will James, a writer and artist born in a covered wagon whose stories about the American West became popular literature read by thousands of schoolchildren. The visible pages also include a tall tale about Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe performing impossible feats of strength and mining iron ore.