Red Mask #44

Red Mask rides into deadly danger when Apache chieftain Hierro sets a trap for an Army supply train at Split Mesa—and only the masked hero's quick thinking and combat skills can stop the ambush before unsuspecting cavalrymen ride into slaughter. Captured by Diavlo's warriors but recognized by Hierro's son Ajo, Red Mask must navigate the brutal politics of the Apache camp and face a perilous duel to earn his freedom and reach the soldiers in time.

Red Mask pursues the dangerous outlaw Cholla Sam across the Arizona Territory, but capturing him alive proves only half the battle—with the outlaw's own gang and Apache warriors closing in from all sides, the crimson lawman must use every trick in his arsenal just to reach town and get his prisoner behind bars. Once Sam is locked up, Red Mask pieces together a clever mystery: salt residue on the captured outlaw's boots might be the key to locating the hidden fortune that everyone wants, and the race is on to find it before Sam's enemies do.

When young Prescott learns that his father Josiah has been killed, he vows vengeance on the mysterious gunslinger known as the Ghost Rider—only to discover that the truth about his father's death is far more complicated than he imagined. As the boy pursues what he believes is justice, he finds himself caught between his burning need for revenge and the Ghost Rider's own mysterious mission to stop Bart Grubb's cruelty toward the local tribes. With guns drawn and tempers running high, young Prescott must confront not just the man he thinks murdered his father, but the dangerous path revenge itself has led him down.

The Black Phantom invites you into Redmask's secret cave to explore a souvenir cabinet and recount the story behind "The Death Hat"—a bullet-scarred hat that once belonged to the Cactus Kid. Years ago, the outlaw and his gang robbed a bank and escaped in the chaos of an Apache attack on an Army patrol, but Redmask tracked them down and brought them to justice. When the Cactus Kid returns to town after serving his time, Redmask suspects trouble is brewing, leading him to uncover a hidden fortune and a final, deadly reckoning among old partners.