Red Mask #1

Red Mask tracks a dying prospector to a remote desert cave after the man’s gold is stolen by a gang of outlaws. As the prospector’s final wish is to see his daughter, Red Mask hides the fortune in the cave’s hidden depths and later returns to transform it into a secret base. Now, with the prospector’s daughter arriving to claim the gold, Red Mask must protect her — and the cave — from a deception that threatens to unravel everything.

Jeff, a young boy scarred by a past raid, finds refuge with the kind-hearted Dr. Crowell, a traveling magician who teaches him the art of illusion. After Crowell is betrayed and killed by a man with a scar on his wrist, Jeff vows to avenge him, eventually adopting the masked identity of the Presto Kid to bring justice to Red Gulch.

Stubborn Sam, the mountain man, is determined to stay isolated—until Muley Pike arrives with urgent news that Honest Oscar’s election depends on Sam’s vote before midnight, or Dead-Eye Danbury will take over Hogwash Junction. Reluctantly, Sam agrees to go to town, only to be thwarted by a lightning strike that forces him to confront his past and ultimately vote for Oscar—much to the shock of the townsfolk and the villainous Danbury.

Red Mask must arrest Mex Lallaposa, the town’s seemingly innocent cook, after multiple witnesses claim he robbed a stagecoach—despite Red Mask’s growing doubt. When a mysterious double of Mex begins robbing trains and evading capture, Red Mask teams up with the real Mex to infiltrate the gang and expose the imposter, leading to a tense race against time and a twist that throws everything into question.