Masked Raider #25

Polly Garrett tricks the Masked Raider into meeting her on a ridge, but the reunion becomes a trap when a gang of outlaws—Monte Deuce, Palo, and Squinch—ambush them, taking both captive and leaving Talon the golden eagle tangled in a net. As the villains ride off to rob a stagecoach, the Masked Raider and Polly must find a way to escape their captors and stop the criminals before they vanish across the Rio Grande.

When cowtown lawyer Les Wilcox learns that young Ben Duran has been jailed for a robbery he didn't commit, he races to Mannix to defend him—only to find himself caught between the town's customs and the law, with the accuser Harper Meggs determined to see justice twisted. Forced into an unexpected confrontation and separated from his eagle Talon and stallion White Star, Wilcox must find a way to expose Meggs' lies and free an innocent man. But help arrives in the most unlikely form when a mysterious admirer reunites him with his trusted companions—and the Masked Raider is ready to even the odds.

When the outlaw Brandon plots his jailbreak with help from accomplices Snipe and Idaho John, the prairie marshal Tex Ritter and his vigilant dog Fury stand between them and freedom. As Brandon's gang makes their move under cover of darkness, it's Fury's keen senses that alert Ritter to the danger—setting the stage for a tense showdown at the jailhouse. This western tale pits cunning escape plans against the unshakeable loyalty of a four-legged deputy in "Brandon's Escape."

When Sheriff Garrett leaves town for months and his deputy abandons his post, the ambitious newcomer Vance Hardy seizes the opportunity to organize a vigilante force—but his "law and order" quickly spirals into terror and extortion. With the streets unsafe and the citizens cowed, Les Wilcox must become the Masked Raider, along with his eagle Talon and his stallion White Star, to confront Hardy and his vigilantes before they cross the line from tyranny into outright crime. As the masked avenger stakes out the bank on a fateful night, he discovers exactly how far Hardy's organization is willing to go.