Masked Raider #28

When con man Rubin Hayes peddles worthless mine stock to unsuspecting townsfolk, a mild-mannered lawyer named Les Wilcox has other plans—disguising himself as the Masked Raider to force Hayes toward justice. As Wilcox navigates a dangerous game of deception to expose the swindler, Hayes grows desperate enough to set a deadly trap at the mine itself. The Masked Raider rides straight into the ambush, leaving Wilcox to pick up the pieces and claim his rightful due.

Wild Bill Hickok, the marshal of a booming gold town tired of watching a crumbling jail, gets an unexpected opportunity when outlaws use dynamite to blast their way free—forcing him to track the gang to their hidden canyon hideout. With cunning and a bit of frontier ingenuity, Hickok devises an unconventional plan to flush them out and bring them to justice. It's a clever tale of a lawman turning the tables when the odds stack against him.

The Masked Raider finds himself trapped between two ruthless ranching powers—Cap Lewitt and the Grundy Brothers—who've squeezed the valley dry through their iron-fisted alliance. Working with cowtown lawyer Les Wilcox, the Raider devises a cunning scheme to turn the partners against each other, using forged land claims and strategic sabotage to ignite a feud that might finally break their stranglehold and free the desperate settlers they've driven from their homes.