Straight Arrow #24

When a legendary flying creature the Comanches call the Thunderbird sweeps down from the mountains, it carries off Straight Arrow himself—but the great war chief survives his capture and discovers the monsters' hidden canyon lair. Now, trapped in a cavern system where prehistoric dragons have mysteriously been reborn, Straight Arrow must use cunning and raw determination to stop these ancient beasts before they breed and overrun his people forever.

A defiant young brave named Black Snow chafes against tribal codes and the Council of Elders, so he flees into the forest—only to cross paths with Straight Arrow, who's tracking a mountain lion that's been killing Comanche horses. When Black Snow's reckless interference leads to his capture by Arapaho raiders, Straight Arrow must race against time to rescue him from certain death. As danger closes in from all sides, the stubborn boy discovers there may be wisdom in the warrior code after all.

In "The Beast of the Bloody Trail!", Red Arrow and Big Foot rescue Indian princess Dalay from the Shawnee tribe, who plan to sacrifice her to the terrifying forest spirit said to haunt the bloody trail. To secure peace, Red Arrow takes on the dangerous task of capturing and neutralizing the creature—only to discover the monstrous beast is, in truth, a lost horse, a common animal the Shawnee have never seen before.

When mischievous Tioga plays pranks on the medicine man Grey Smoke, Straight Arrow intervenes and takes the boy on a mission to discover why the buffalo have vanished from Comanche lands. Their investigation leads them to a rival Pawnee chief who has imprisoned the herds, sparking a fierce confrontation that will test both the war chief's courage and young Tioga's growing spirit. "The Vanishing Buffalo!" brings action, adventure, and a lesson in friendship to the 1952 frontier.