Masked Raider #9

When his trusted companion White Star and his eagle Talon are captured by rustlers, the Masked Raider—the vigilante known to the world as Les Wilcox—races to track them down, only to discover that a crooked rancher named Claude Railton is behind the scheme. Moving swiftly between a trap set by the local sheriff and a showdown at Railton's ranch, the Masked Raider must outmaneuver both the law and the criminals to rescue his animals and expose the rustling operation.

A young woman named Polly Garrett slips away to meet the legendary Masked Raider—only to find herself caught in an ambush by the ruthless Younger brothers, who have sworn vengeance on the outlaw hero. With her father's law on one side and four dangerous bushwhackers closing in, Polly discovers that the man she's admired from afar may be far more than she bargained for when the dust settles.

Texas Ranger Con Reardon arrives in outlaw territory burning with fever, determined to bring in the fugitive Hub Downes—but finds himself outgunned and outnumbered in a town where the lawless hold sway. When unexpected allies among the local outlaws nurse him back to health, Reardon must gather what strength remains to face Downes and prove that even this remote corner of Texas can answer to the law.

The Masked Raider uncovers evidence that Hayes Albert is a rustler who framed an innocent man—and as lawyer Les Wilcox, he moves to clear the accused in court while his secret identity pursues Albert before the outlaw can reach his hideout. When Albert's men capture the Raider, his loyal horse White Star and his eagle Talon turn the tables in a wild melee that leaves the rustlers bound for justice.

Milton Hart, a scheming businessman with hired guns, plots to eliminate the Masked Raider by exploiting the hero's own sense of fair play—challenging him to a rigged horse race with a deadly trap waiting at the finish line. The Masked Raider, secretly the lawyer Les Wilcox, must stay sharp enough to spot Hart's scheme before it's too late. Can he outthink a criminal desperate enough to rig the odds with dynamite?