Straight Arrow #22

When Mesquite Molly and Packy McCloud hatch a plan to boost Steve Adams's reputation with the aloof Nan Fellowes by staging a fake stagecoach robbery, their scheme backfires spectacularly—the real Badland Gang crashes the party, takes the girls for ransom, and leaves Steve with unloaded guns and a reputation as a coward. Now Steve must track down the genuine outlaws and rescue Nan and Molly, all while figuring out why his bullets won't find their marks in this explosive 1952 adventure.

Red Hawk, a young Cheyenne warrior on a peace mission, is mistaken for a prophesied deliverer when he reaches the delta lands of the Creek Confederacy—and the Creeks task him with retrieving their sacred medicine symbols from the bayous, where they're guarded by a fearsome beast. With his companion Bigfoot at his side, Red Hawk must navigate treacherous swampland, hostile warriors, and deadly creatures to complete his perilous quest.

Loud Calf, chief of a struggling Comanche band, grows desperate to prove himself worthy of his people and asks the war chief Straight Arrow to teach him strength and leadership. But when his attempts to learn the ways of a great chief backfire—stampeding a buffalo herd through his own village and losing his warriors' horses to the Crows—he becomes the target of blame for thefts he didn't commit, leaving only Straight Arrow to stand for his innocence. Can a well-meaning but unlucky chief overcome the weight of his failures and the schemes working against him?

When Grey Dog's renegades attack a wagon train at dawn, Straight Arrow finds himself caught between a dangerous outlaw chief and the cavalry closing in—forced to navigate a treacherous path that puts both his reputation and his loyalty to the test. With his famous palomino Fury out of his hands and a challenge to leadership looming, Straight Arrow must use cunning to reclaim his horse and confront Grey Dog at Lost Canyon. This explosive showdown will determine not just who leads, but whether Straight Arrow can prove himself without losing everything he stands for.