Straight Arrow #16

When a river gambler's card-trick skills convince the Lipan tribe that he's a mystical medicine-man, he uses their superstition to rally them toward war—until Straight Arrow of the Comanche arrives to expose his tricks for what they really are. As the Lipan warrior prepares Straight Arrow for sacrifice, the gambler reveals his true ambitions: control over the tribes and the hidden riches only they know. With his people riding into an ambush, Straight Arrow must find a way to escape and stop the false medicine-man before it's too late.

A clever rustler named Red Boston devises a scheme to empty the territory of lawmen by luring sheriffs to a fake convention, hoping to drive a massive herd of stolen cattle across the border unopposed—but he hasn't counted on Straight Arrow discovering the plot. Using his wits, his golden horse Fury, and fiery arrows, Straight Arrow must stop the rustlers before they escape with their prize and disappear beyond the law's reach.

When Foxfire announces her engagement to Red Wolf, her prankster friends Red Hawk and Young Buffalo decide he must prove himself worthy—so they kidnap him, strip him of weapons, and abandon him in Apache territory with orders to find his way back to camp. What begins as a test of courage becomes a desperate fight for survival when a wandering Apache war party discovers the unarmed suitor, forcing Red Hawk and his companions into a battle they may not survive. Now the three young Cheyennes face torture stakes unless Red Hawk can engineer an escape using nothing but his wits and the help of an unlikely ally.

Straight Arrow must stop an Arapaho invasion threatening the Comanche lands, but treachery from within threatens to destroy everything—Red Hand's own brother, Bad Eye, schemes to eliminate both the legendary warrior and the chief himself. When Bad Eye's deadly trap springs, Straight Arrow finds himself fighting for survival against impossible odds while the fate of the Comanche nation hangs in the balance.