All Western Winners #2
In "The Syndicate of Six-Gun Terror," the Cactus Kid—once a feared gunman now a healer—returns to the frontier as a doctor in Leadville, Texas, only to be drawn back into violence when the outlaw Blast Burrows threatens rancher Jim Lathrop and his daughter Marie. When silence and scorn follow his initial refusal to act, Matthew Masters dons the guise of the mysterious Black Rider to protect the innocent, proving that even a man who left the gun behind can still answer the call of justice. Written by Leon Lazarus and illustrated with gritty precision by Syd Shores—both inks and pencils—this 1948 Western gem features a compelling moral reckoning, all captured in a striking cover by Shores.
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Young gunman Matthew Masters, the Cactus Kid, wiped out the Davis Gang in a small town in Texas. As a reward, the governor of Texas pardoned him of his previous crimes and helped him become a doctor, abandoning his life as a gunfighter. Years later, now a doctor, Matthew settles in Leadville, Texas. When outlaw Blast Burrows terrorizes local rancher Jim Lathrop and his daughter Marie, Matthew does nothing to help, earning Marie's scorn. Later, when he learns the Lathrops are to be wiped out by Burrows, he disguises himself as the Black Rider, and eliminates the gang, saving Marie from Burrows.
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