Red Mask #42

Trooper Fletcher carries the scars—both physical and psychological—of Apache torture, and when his cavalry unit is assigned to intercept a wagon of rifles bound for hostile tribes, he's paralyzed by fear of capture. Redmask sees potential in the broken soldier and takes him on a dangerous mountain scout to find those weapons, forcing Fletcher to confront the very terror that's been holding him prisoner. As the mission spirals into the teeth of an Apache war party, Fletcher faces a choice that will either destroy what little courage remains or finally set him free.

When the Red Ace Gang tears through Coroner Flats and brutally beats Sheriff Blayne in broad daylight, his son Bobby stubbornly insists that his father and his hero Red Mask will hunt down the outlaws—only to have his faith shattered when a false Red Mask appears. Now Bobby must learn the truth about real heroism as Red Mask and the Black Phantom race to free the sheriff from the gang's mountain hideout before the impostor gives away their position. This tale of misplaced faith and genuine courage delivers the frontier action fans expect from "Powdersmoke Hero!"

The Ghost Rider ventures into unfamiliar northern timber country to track down a killer who tried to murder Tom, a lumber camp owner's son, in the New Mexico desert—but the trail leads to Tom's own cousin, Haggart, who now runs the family camp with brutality and sabotage. As Haggart terrorizes his competitors and prepares to finish what he started, the Ghost Rider must use spectral tricks and otherworldly terror to break the ruthless businessman's grip on the territory and expose his murderous greed.

The Desert Kid's legendary gunhand has made him a target in every town—until a duel with Redmask offers him an unexpected escape from his violent reputation. But when the escaped convict known as the Man of 1000 Faces orchestrates a frame that pins a bank robbery on the Kid, Redmask and the Black Phantom must use the gunslinger as bait to trap a web of revenge and crime. It's a tense gamble where everyone wants blood, and only one man's wits can outshoot the others' bullets.