Straight Arrow #20

When a gang of thieves uses a hot-air balloon to snatch gold shipments right out of the sky, Straight Arrow must track down the cunning crooks behind the impossible heists. With grappling hooks and airborne getaways terrorizing the frontier, the mighty Comanche calls on his brothers to help him corner Ace Hancock and Hugo Verne before they strike again.

In "The Shield of Straight Arrow," Jo sets out on a buffalo hunt with his Comanche band when a sudden Apache raiding party attacks, killing several warriors and stealing their entire supply of meat. With the survival of his people at stake, Jo tracks the raiders across the rugged frontier, determined to reclaim what was taken and prove his courage in the face of deadly odds.

When the Cheyenne's sacred medicine bundles and the legendary Truth Tomahawk vanish in the night, Red Hawk suspects the "evil spirits" Tall Calf blames are actually flesh and blood—and his tracking soon leads him to enemy Lipan warriors preparing to strike. With the tribe's morale crumbling and war imminent, Red Hawk must recover the stolen relics and unmask the traitor within the camp who made the theft possible. In this 1951 adventure, the mysterious Truth Tomahawk becomes the key to revealing which warrior among the Cheyenne has betrayed his people.

When settlers start rolling into Snake Indian territory, a gang of rustlers led by Cherokee Mike devises a ruthless scheme: disguise themselves as tribal warriors, raid the incoming wagon train, and turn the settlers against the innocent Snake people. Straight Arrow and his trusted friend Packy McCloud must uncover the truth before false accusations spark a war—but the killers will stop at nothing to keep their deception hidden. Race through the Western frontier as the masked hero battles to expose the real culprits and protect those caught in the crossfire of a deadly frame-up.