Masked Raider #3

This 1955 Charlton western pits the purple-clad Masked Raider against a band of outlaws atop what appears to be a stagecoach, with his companion Talon the Golden Eagle swooping in wings spread above the fray. Stan Campbell's cover art captures the tension beautifully — the masked hero stands his ground while three rough-looking gunmen crowd in from below, one already reeling from the assault. "The Golden Coach" promises the kind of high-stakes frontier adventure that made western comics a staple of 1955 newsstands, and this dynamic duo of man and eagle looks more than ready to deliver.