Masked Raider #29
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"The Beautiful Lure" features Polly Garrett, the sheriff's daughter, who dislikes being called by her formal name Angela Crane and is uncomfortable with her past conquest of Les Wilcox. When Mr. Wilcox writes to the Masked Raider asking if he knows a man who can get him to his brother in the Badlands, Polly learns that Les wants to contact her brother and decides to bait a trap to draw out the Raider. The Masked Raider, along with his horse White Star and the Golden Eagle (Talon), pursues an outlaw gang led by the Catamount Kid through rocky terrain, discovering a thorn caught in White Star's hoof that reveals the outlaws' location. The Raider and his allies intercept the gang's plan to rob the bank and murder Sheriff Garrett and his daughter, resulting in a confrontation where the Raider defeats the outlaws and saves Polly from danger.
When rancher Chuck Foster accuses the Masked Raider of leading the outlaws who stole his $12,000, the crime fighter finds himself hunted by the very posse he's trying to help—and must clear his name while tracking down the real culprits, Russell Tutt and his partner. Racing against time, the Masked Raider sets a careful trap to prove his innocence and deliver the genuine robbers to justice in this 1961 western tale from Masked Raider #29.
Polly Garrett, the sheriff's daughter, grows suspicious when a well-dressed newcomer named Angela Crane arrives in town and quickly turns the head of Polly's former admirer, Les Wilcox—especially when Angela claims she needs help finding her brother in the lawless badlands. When the Masked Raider agrees to escort Angela into that dangerous territory, he discovers the situation is far more complicated than a simple family reunion, as hidden loyalties and a criminal past threaten to turn the escort into a deadly trap. The hero must navigate between justice and mercy when the truth about Angela's real motives comes to light.
Barney Fleers treasures his stallion Beauty more than anything in the world, but when the horse suddenly turns violent and rampages through town, a posse sets out to destroy him. The Masked Raider and his own mount White Star discover that thorns embedded in Beauty's flesh have driven the animal mad, and race against time to save the suffering stallion before the hunters close in.
A storm sweeps a Texas Ranger and a sheriff into a raging mountain river, leaving them handcuffed together and stranded with no way to reach town—but something about the lawman's story doesn't add up. Ranger Blaine Calhoun must see through the deception before a killer completes his scheme, using nothing but keen observation and a carefully laid trap to expose the truth.
The Catamount Kid has built a legend as a quick-draw outlaw and folk hero who supposedly steals from the rich to help the poor—but when the Masked Raider investigates the truth, he discovers the Kid's real ambitions run far darker. Lured into a trap and left behind while the Kid's gang descends on the town, the Masked Raider must break free before innocent townsfolk like Sheriff Garrett and his daughter fall victim to outlaw gunfire. As lawyer Les Wilcox finally steps out of the shadows, the truth about the Catamount Kid and his so-called Robin Hood legacy will be decided in the streets of town.
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