John Wayne Adventure Comics #22

In the storm-lashed countryside, John Wayne races against time to warn the townspeople after discovering the dam is on the verge of bursting, leading him on a desperate journey through flooded terrain to save lives. With rising waters and crumbling roads, he navigates treacherous terrain, rescues stranded civilians, and confronts looters before finally reaching safety.

John Wayne arrives in Banmadore, welcomed by Prince Syed and the Rajah, only to be ambushed by the terrorist group known as the Masks of the Tiger. When Prince Syed is kidnapped and the Rajah demands his throne as ransom, John Wayne teams up with Hussein, the young "Animal Boy" who secretly knows the prince’s hidden location, to infiltrate the Tiger’s lair and rescue him before the terrorists destroy the palace.

Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache chief, leads his people in the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, maintaining peace until falsely accused of a ranch raid in 1860. After a U.S. cavalry officer insults him, Cochise declares war, launching a twelve-year campaign of raids and ambushes that outmaneuver the U.S. Army for nearly a decade. When stagecoach owner Tom Jeffords rides alone to Cochise’s stronghold, the two forge a bond of friendship, leading to a peace treaty and Jeffords becoming the first white man to serve as Indian agent under Cochise’s protection.