Masked Raider #14

The Masked Raider springs into action when he spots a gang pulling a stage job, but this time the outlaws have laid a careful trap—they've lured him into a chase and engineered his capture of their leader so he'll pursue the rest of the gang alone, exactly as their boss planned. Separated from his eagle companion and unaware he's walking into an ambush, the Masked Raider races after the fleeing criminals up a mountain trail, where tonight promises to be very different from all the times he's thwarted them before.

Billy the Kid finds himself framed for a bank robbery when a man he's helping claims the stolen money as evidence against him—and Billy realizes the real culprit is Willey Moore, who's now racing toward the Mexican border with his accomplice and the loot. Escaping custody, Billy pursues Moore across the frontier in a desperate chase to clear his name and recover the stolen cash before his target slips beyond the law's reach.

The Masked Raider faces a desperate moment when a stampeding cattle herd bears down on him after an ankle injury leaves him stranded—until his companion Talon swoops in to turn the tide. Back in town as his civilian identity, Les Wilcox grows uneasy when a stranger repeatedly calls him by his masked alter ego, forcing him to confront the possibility that his secret might be exposed. A tense encounter reveals the truth behind the mystery, putting his mind at ease—for now.

Four wanted outlaws—Tug Bauer, Silk Lennie, Paige, and Thebo—ride into the small town of Dry Wells with plans to rob the bank and claim the gold inside, counting on their fearsome reputation to cow the locals into submission. Standing alone against them is Texas Ranger Bert Claypool, who refuses to let the town fall to the gang's violence. When bullets start flying, an unexpected ally emerges to turn the tide.

When corrupt Mayor Bledloe seals the ballot box in Rannyville to overturn a fair election, the Masked Raider springs into action—only to find the ballots switched onto a moving train headed for the river. With Talon, his golden eagle companion, soaring overhead, the Masked Raider must pursue the stolen box across treacherous terrain and onto the speeding locomotive in a desperate race against time.