Red Mask #50

The Black Phantom invites you into Redmask's cave to hear the story of the red wheel—a battered wagon wheel that has crossed paths with the frontier hero more than once, each encounter woven with danger and fate. From a pioneer wagon train's desperate flight through Indian territory to a stranded girl's cry for help, the wheel becomes an unlikely witness to Redmask's courage across the years. See how this humble artifact earns its place as an old friend to the man who calls the West his beat.

When ranch cook Mex Lallapoosa enters a round-up cooking contest with his secret family recipe, his triumph catches the attention of three dangerous bank robbers who mistake his foraging in the hills for a threat to their buried loot. Redmask must unravel the deadly connection between his cook's innocent herb-gathering and a desperate gang of criminals, all while navigating a tense standoff in the high country.

When every outlaw in the Southwest pools a half-million-dollar bounty on Redmask's head, the masked lawman finds himself hunted by desperate men willing to risk anything for the prize—but a clever scheme involving an iron shirt and a willing gunman might just turn the tables on the entire conspiracy. With the help of the Black Phantom, Redmask sets a trap to trace the reward money back to its source and dismantle the outlaw plot once and for all.

The Ghost Rider faces his toughest case yet when a mysterious outlaw known as "He Who Laughs" pulls off seemingly impossible crimes across vast distances, leaving the sheriff convinced it must be the work of twin brothers—until the masked avenger discovers the truth is far more cunning. As the outlaw strikes again and again, the Ghost Rider must uncover the real scheme behind the laughter and the carefully hidden cave that holds the key to bringing the criminals to justice.