Wednesday, July 31, 2013

How To Prevent A Wedding, The Billy The Kid Way!!

Billy The Kid is sauntering around Mexico, when he bumps into his friend Marguerita de Ruiz. She's on the run because her jerk of a brother is trying to force her to marry the evil Roja, the "Red Devil."

Unfortunately, Billy The Kid sucks as a protector:

 D'oh!!

Roja is putting the financial screws of Marguerita's brother...

 So he puts the emotional screws on her:



Well, even as spectacular as he is, there's no way that Billy The Kid can fight his way onto that estate alone. So he's got a plan...

 The plan is called, "jump off a cliff and beat the crap out of the Justice Of The Peace!"


 And so Billy dons a disguise...

 And it's time for the wedding! But...




Well, what follows is a fairly unremarkable parade of fisticuffs, gunplay, arson, and a peon revolt. I shan't bore you with the unremarkable details.

But I shall show you that, like most males Billy The Kid is dumb when it comes to women-folk:



Awwww....

From Billy The Kid #80 (1970)

1 comment:

Smurfswacker said...

I like the authentic-sounding period dialogue: "What hombre wouldn't want to marry a chick like you, Doll?"