The Hawk #9

The Hawk faces a crisis when a locomotive is attacked in the desert, with townsfolk quick to blame Apache Indians—but the marshal suspects the truth runs deeper. Teaming up with his old friend Chief Aguila, the Hawk investigates whether a rival stagecoach operator might be framing the tribe to sabotage a new railroad line. When another raid strikes, the Hawk and Aguila's braves are ready to separate the real culprits from the innocent, forcing a final showdown at Hangman's Gully.

Running Fox arrives at a Blackfeet trading post to exchange goods for beaver pelts, only to find the village gripped by terror—a massive "ghost wolf" has been killing braves and stealing furs, seemingly impervious to arrows and bullets alike. As the creature strikes again and Running Fox's own rifle vanishes under mysterious circumstances, he begins to suspect the phantom predator may not be what it appears to be. Determined to uncover the truth and stop the killings, Running Fox sets a trap of his own.

Red Wolf takes on a desperate gamble when he infiltrates a gang of three ruthless miners who've been raiding Apache camps—only to be captured and forced to guide them to the legendary Lost Spaniard mine hidden on sacred Rain God Mountain. Knowing the location will betray his tribe's most sacred secret but desperate to stop the killers who've already murdered his brothers, Red Wolf leads them up the treacherous slopes, all while plotting a way to turn the tables before the renegades decide he's outlived his usefulness.

In the shadowed thickets of the frontier, where every rustle could mean danger, a young woman and her dog find themselves caught in a web of Injun superstition and whispered white man's sorcery—two forces weaving a dread that turns the open range into a place of unseen threats.