Straight Arrow #10

When Comanche pony herds fall victim to raids by the thieving Crow warriors, mysterious twisted wood fragments encrusted with stone begin surfacing in the Smokey River—clues to something hidden. Straight Arrow takes to the trail to track down the raiders, only to be swept into a hidden subterranean world beneath the hills where the Crows have been stashing their stolen horses. Now trapped in an underground cavern kingdom, Straight Arrow must find a way out while uncovering the secret behind the river and the strange artifacts that have puzzled the Comanches for years.

When Straight Arrow and Packy stumble upon a wagon loaded with stolen Army rifles, they discover a dangerous conspiracy: an Army deserter named Captain Cobalt has gathered exiled Indian warriors and armed them with military weapons, planning to sweep across the plains and destroy the settlers. After Steve Adams is captured and forced to unload the contraband, he escapes into the river—but now must navigate a treacherous web of suspicion, where even the cavalry doubts his loyalty as Cobalt's forces close in on the besieged town of Hill Corners.

Young Red Hawk, accused of cowardice after failing to save his captured friends from the Crow raiders, sets out alone to prove his worth—but finds his true ally in an untamed white stallion called the Moonlight, a horse swift enough to change the tide of battle. After rescuing the magnificent beast from a mountain lion and earning its trust through patient care, Red Hawk discovers he has a chance to warn his people of an impending Crow ambush, putting his newfound courage to the ultimate test.

When a man is wrongly convicted and sentenced to hang for a murder he didn't commit, Straight Arrow must uncover the real killer before justice becomes a lynching. Racing against time, the masked avenger discovers evidence linking the crime to a greedy gambling hall owner with darker motives than anyone suspected. In this eight-page tale from 1951, Straight Arrow and his ally Packy race to expose the truth and stop the guilty from escaping with their crimes.