Gunsmoke #13

When grinning skeleton-riders mounted on fire-breathing stallions begin raiding ranches around Red Leg Gulch, stealing cattle and terrorizing the local ranchers, Gunsmoke and his pal Pedro set out to uncover the truth behind the "Screaming Terrors of Skull Canyon." As they trail the ghostly marauders into a mysterious canyon filled with bones and eerie traps, the two discover that something far more sinister than the supernatural may be at work—and they're determined to get to the bottom of it before the final, massive raid strikes.

Molly "Whip" Lash, a fearless Pony Express rider armed with a blacksnake whip, takes her brother's route after he's killed by Sioux raiders—determined to track down those responsible and uncover why the stolen mail pouch holds such deadly value. When she's ambushed by Chief Horned Owl's warriors in Dead Head Canyon, Whip uses her wits and her whip to escape captivity, only to discover the conspiracy behind her brother's murder runs far deeper than tribal conflict. This frontier tale follows a woman warrior who refuses to back down, even as danger closes in from every direction.

When the Masked Marvel arrives in Rawhide under his guise as Chet Fairchild, a young man carrying his late father's famous guns, a pair of ruthless hired killers quickly target him for death—apparently working to keep him from claiming something that rightfully belongs to him. As midnight attacks and ambushes pile up, the caped defender must outmaneuver a dangerous conspiracy before the truth about those legendary weapons can be revealed. With fists, wits, and blazing six-shooters, the Marvel fights to uncover what sinister scheme is unfolding at the L-Bar-K ranch.

Joseph Reddeford Walker earns his reputation as a frontier lawman and frontier scout when he takes charge in Jackson County and later joins Captain de Bonneville's expedition into unmapped wilderness west of the Great Salt Lake in 1832. As Walker and his band trap and explore their way toward California, they must contend with the Shoshone and, later, the treacherous Yumas who steal their furs and set a deadly trap to capture the legendary frontiersman himself.