Masked Raider #20

When lawyer Les Wilcox finds himself unable to pursue rustler Miles Kenek through the courts, he dons his masked identity to gather evidence—only to find himself cornered in Knife Canyon with a herd of wild longhorns bearing down and Kenek's gunmen blocking both ends of the pass. With Talon at his side, the Masked Raider must fight his way out of an impossible trap to bring the ruthless rancher to justice.

The Masked Raider introduces you to Lem Barton, the tough-as-nails range cook whose chuck wagon is the beating heart of round-up season—where his word is law and his sourdough biscuits are legend. Though the cowhands never stop ribbing him about his plain cooking, Lem's real gift isn't fancy dishes; it's keeping his crew fed, healthy, and ready for another hard day on the prairie.

When a railroad crew pushes to lay track through High Mesa before winter, surveyor Mike Harnett discovers that rancher Hurd Rankin's violent opposition is being secretly bankrolled by a rival railroad company looking to slow their progress. Harnett must use his wits and a small team of rugged workers to expose the scheme and keep the construction moving toward the crucial mountain pass—where the first blizzard could seal their fate. It's a race against time, sabotage, and the elements in this 1959 frontier tale.

When a merciless outlaw named Amos Gantry shoots his way out of Boulder City, a bookish lawyer transforms into the Masked Raider to track him across the desert wilderness. Pursued from waterhole to waterhole with only his eagle companion Talon and his loyal stallion White Star for aid, the Masked Raider pursues the desperate fugitive—but Gantry is equally determined never to be caged again.