Masked Raider #21

When rustler Skin Anson devises a clever scheme using blazing greasewood fences to trap pursuing ranchers in Flame Canyon, honest cattleman Clay Bonham finds himself outmaneuvered—until the Masked Raider takes up the case. With his horse White Star and his bird Talon at his side, the masked avenger must outsmart Anson's fiery trap and confront the rustler gang on their own terms in "Flame Canyon," a six-page adventure from Masked Raider #21.

When King Ryan's fifty rowdy Texans roll into town celebrating their cattle delivery, Marshal Wyatt Earp stands alone against the chaos—but instead of meeting force with force, he devises a clever wager with their boss that turns the tide without a gunfight. A sharp-minded western tale where a marshal's quick thinking proves mightier than his six-shooter.

When three outlaws rob a train carrying $110,000 in Army payroll near Wild Horse Junction, the Masked Raider moves to stop them—but takes a bullet for his trouble. Days later, as the mild-mannered lawyer Les Wilcox, he uncovers a trail of stolen currency that leads him to suspect the town's own banker of masterminding the heist to cover his embezzlement before inspectors arrive. The Masked Raider must infiltrate the bank and confront the conspirators before they can silence him for good.

When the ruthless gunslinger Twist Malen rides into town and declares himself its law, the townspeople realize they need help—and fast. Lash Larue arrives to face down the cold-blooded drifter, knowing that only one man can stop a menace like Malen before more blood is spilled. What unfolds is a showdown between two forces: one bent on terrorizing the West, the other determined to restore order.

When a ruthless gunslinger named Bart Hall threatens to steal a rancher's property with forged documents and hired guns, timid lawyer Les Wilcox discovers he must abandon his belief in peaceful justice to save his friends. The Masked Raider—a mysterious masked fighter with a white stallion and golden eagle—arrives just in time to stop Hall's violent assault on a line cabin and turn the tide. With the law restored and Gunsmoke Ranch safe, Wilcox returns to his ordinary life, knowing a young woman will forever wonder about the daring man behind the mask.