Number 1 by Toby Press, Inc.

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Comic number:	No. 1
Publishing info:	December, 1953 by Toby Press, Inc.
Comic's name:	Gabby Hayes Adventure Comics
Info:	This was published during the time (1950-54) that Gabby had a show on NBC where he spun tales.
	Hence, Gabby tells several yarns within the story about his adventures, "Ambush at Terror Canyon".
	This comic was also published in Canada by Superior Publishers Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
	The Canadian version (No. 1) has the same stories but the ads are from Canadian companies.
	There was only one issue of a Gabby Hayes comic from Toby Press.
Stories:	The only story in which Gabby is a character is "Ambush at Terror Canyon".
	The other two stories are "Gabby Hayes tells the Story of "The Sheriff and the Outlaw" and
	"Gabby Hayes Tells of the "Cowpoke's Nightmare".
	Neither Gabby nor any of his 'gabbyisms' are in either of these stories.
	There's also six-panel humorous comic called "Ten-Gallon Allen" and a three-page comic called
	"Old Timer".
	Neither of these have any mention of Gabby.
Gabby's image:	The image of Gabby is colored, well-detailed and more closely resembles Gabby than the images in the
	Fawcett comics.
	However, his eyes are mere slits in every drawing.
	Gabby's hat is less tattered than in the Fawcett comics or in the movies.
	Gabby has a double-gun holster, which he never did in the movies.
	Gabby's right pant leg is missing the characteristic patch, but he is sporting a vest.
Ads in US
version	Radios, rifles, watches, etc.....all for selling Cloverine Brand Salve for 35 cents a box.
	"..easily sold to friends, neighbors, relatives.."
	Catalog of Lionel trains with magne-traction, eight billboards and track layout printing kit for 50 cents.
	Watches, including 'Gene Autry' ["see the gun move"], for $6.95, each.
	Two 1953 "Space Commander" Vibro-matic walkie-talkies for $1.
	Sound will travel over the conductor wire for 'hundreds of feet".
	"Helps overcome shyness, aids voice training."
	"..endless fun for the entire family."
	Prized foreign stamps from Littleton Stamp Co.
	Talking parakeet with cage.
Gabbyisms:	All are contained in "Ambush at Terror Canyon".
	Dingbuster of a scheme
	Ring-tailed spavined dry-gulchin' coyotes
	skedaddle
	...ran faster'n a convention of undertakers at the sight of a health club.
	scalawag
	idjit
	consarn it
	galoot
	hornswoggled
	slimy sidewinders
Characters:	Tall Owl
	Hiram Hatewell
	Thunder Cloud
	Billy Shaw
	Jose
	Hod Denim
	Ten-Gallon Allen
	Gyp The Blood

Ambush at Terror Canyon

Riding on Corker in New Mexico, Gabby saves the life of Tall Owl, the son of a Comanche chief, by driving off some

Arapahoes that had attacked Tall Owl.

The chief had ostracized his son as he incorrectly assumed that his son acted cowardly when Tall Owl's mother was

attacked and killed by a mountain lion..

In the funk caused by his wife's death, the chief had neglected his leadership duties and allowed the Arapahoes to

steal most of the tribe's horses.

Gabby, confronting the chief with this fact, brings him to his senses.

Gabby hatches a plan for regaining the horses from the Arapahoes which are being held in (where else) Terror Canyon.

During the freeing of the horses, Tall Owl saves Gabby's life by waylaying an Arapahoe that was about to attack Gabby.

All ends well with the return of the horses to the tribe and the realization by the chief that his son is brave.