Straight Arrow #45

A train robbery gone wrong draws Straight Arrow's attention, but the outlaws have a deadlier plan: they'll use Spotted Wolf, a Comanche renegade, to impersonate Young Elk and assassinate the great warrior when he returns to his tribe. With the renegade's rifle trained on Straight Arrow's heart, it seems the badhats have finally orchestrated the perfect crime—but they haven't counted on the bonds of loyalty that run deeper than their treachery.

When the town of Miller's Gap hires a no-gun sheriff determined to uphold the law without firearms—honoring his late father's legacy—Straight Arrow soon discovers the town's trusted general store owner Mort Kragstone harbors a sinister secret. With the sheriff unarmed and walking into an outlaw trap at White Sands Canyon hideout, Straight Arrow races against time to prevent certain death in the untamed West.

When a mysterious singing maiden's hypnotic voice compels Cheyenne hunters to surrender their furs in the snowy mountains, Chief White Bull sends Red Hawk to investigate the legend. As Red Hawk himself falls under the strange spell, he discovers the truth is far more cunning than a spirit—and must prove his innocence when a rival uses the deception to frame him for the very crimes he's trying to solve.

Three outlaws discover that Steve Adams and Straight Arrow share the same identity, so they devise a cruel scheme: marking Adams's hand with an indelible tattoo to expose the Comanche war chief's secret forever. When the gang uses their knowledge to plan a bank robbery, Adams must find a way to stop them without revealing the very mark they're counting on to unmask him.