Masked Raider #22

The Masked Raider pursues the rustler Logan across the frontier, only to see his captive slip away in the chaos that follows—and now the whole town, led by the skeptical Charley Nason, wants the masked crime-fighter brought in and unmasked. Cornered in his secret cave hideout with a fresh bullet wound, the Raider finds himself caught between Logan's vengeful gang closing in from outside and a determined posse of townspeople searching the badlands, all while a man in town who knows his true identity watches from the shadows. With danger mounting from every direction, the Raider must find a way to survive the night.

The Masked Raider stands accused of stealing a rancher's horse—and the evidence seems ironclad. Locked in jail awaiting trial, he must find a way to clear his name without revealing his true identity as lawyer Les Wilcox. With help from his eagle companion Talon and some quick thinking, the Masked Raider attempts an audacious escape that puts both his freedom and his secret on the line.

When three hardcases try to loot Judge Abbott's office, Rocky Lane cuts short their escape—but the real trouble begins when their boss, Andrew Leek, makes good on a bitter promise by poisoning Lane's stallion Black Jack and forcing the marshal into a desperate hunt across the desert on foot. Cornered and unarmed, Lane must outthink a vengeful outlaw who's determined to run him down and finish what he started.

The Masked Raider pursues the outlaw Leduc into a dynamite shack, but a devastating explosion tears the hideout apart—leaving the Raider's fate uncertain and his companions scattered. Meanwhile, Leduc reaches town believing his nemesis destroyed, only to encounter a humble lawyer whose resemblance to the Raider sets dangerous wheels in motion. When silver shipment theft looms, the Masked Raider must race to stop Leduc's gang before they strike.