Straight Arrow #40

When a young woman named Gloria Bright discovers an ancient map hidden in her late father's gun, she races to the legendary treasure cave it reveals—only to be chased by armored Spanish conquistadors who seem to rise from the dead. Straight Arrow and his horse Fury come to her rescue, but soon find themselves trapped in the cave alongside Gloria, face-to-face with the "ghosts" and a shocking truth about who really guards Coronado's gold. The Comanche war chief must battle impossible odds and uncover the secret behind the Spanish specters before it's too late.

Straight Arrow and his partner Packy McCloud set out to secure an honest price for sacred gold idols that a tribal chief has entrusted to them—treasure meant to fund education for the tribe's young men. But their journey is ambushed by renegade braves hired by a conniving trader, and as Straight Arrow and Packy are taken prisoner, they face a test of character far greater than their captors anticipated: a series of life-or-death moments that force the would-be executioners to confront what kind of men they truly are.

Red Hawk plays a prank on the boastful Fat Bear by secretly crediting him with a string of hunting successes, hoping to humble the braggart—but when Crow raiders attack and the two warriors are posted together to guard a canyon pass, Red Hawk discovers that real danger reveals character in ways a joke never could. As the Crows close in and Fat Bear falls in the opening skirmish, Red Hawk must face the enemy alone, forcing his reluctant partner to decide whether his bragging was ever worth anything at all.

When rumors of hauntts and headless horsemen keep locals away from the ghost town of Manero, Straight Arrow discovers the "supernatural" terror is actually a clever cover for a gang of outlaws using the abandoned mining town as their hideout—and he must infiltrate their operation to free the men they've enslaved and shut down their scheme. With the odds stacked against him and danger lurking at every turn, Straight Arrow works to expose the criminals hiding behind the town's sinister reputation.