Masked Raider (1955 Charlton) comic books
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Published Jun 1955 by Charlton Comics Group.$56.00
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Stories and art by Jack Sparling, Frank Bolle and Mike Sekowsky. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. When sheriff's daughter Polly pursues a stagecoach robber and gets herself captured, mild-mannered law student Les Wilcox rides to the rescue as the Masked Raider. Les reminisces about how he met the golden eagle Talon and became the Masked Raider. Pistol Packin Pattie stops an attack on the mayor with her sharp eyes and sharp shootin'. Plus true facts about cowboy hats and knot-tying on the range. Masked Raider and Talon the Golden Eagle; Flying Eagle; The Boy and the Eagle; Slim Jim and Roly-Poly; The Prince Albert Kid; The Sentinel; Cowboy Hats; Pistol Packin Pattie Has a Block Party!; Knots. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1955 by Charlton Comics Group.$40.00
View scanCover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Stan Campbell and Ralph Carlson. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. A gold shipment is transported in a gold-painted stagecoach, making it an irresistible target for robbers. Rocky Lane rides to protect a farmer who is receiving mysterious threats. Dusty gets into a prolonged argument over whether Paul Revere's horse was black or white. The Golden Coach; Gopher Face: The Mad Hatter!; Rocky Lane: The Hoax!; Dusty: A Study in Black and White!; The Gold Bandits; The Innocent Outlaw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published 1956 by Charlton Comics Group.$48.00
View scanCover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Bill Molno and Charles Nicholas. Western adventure featuring a masked hero and outlaw-turned-folk hero Billy the Kid. When a railroad town is abandoned to outlaws by the railroad, Billy the Kid is the only force for justice who remains. Billy and a blonde are abducted by stagecoach robbers; he's more trouble than they reckoned, but her kind-hearted nature keeps getting in the way. Billy helps a newly-arrived greenhorn who's already acquired some deadly enemies. Also, the final appearance of the Masked Raider in this series; Billy the Kid officially took over the title with issue #9. Billy the Kid: Boom or Bust; Billy the Kid: Poor Billy; The Real Two Gun Smith; Billy the Kid: Six-Gun Protege; The Gold Watch! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published 1958 by Charlton Comics Group.$13.00
Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Sal Trapani. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. Outlaws escape the Masked Raider and Talon, but they leave their loot behind, so he knows he just has to wait. A criminal abducts Talon the eagle and forces the Masked Raider to go along with his plan. Les Wilcox survives a shooting by Puma Smith with his law book taking the bullets, but no one knows he's the Masked Raider and his law book is bulletproof! Double Ambush; Trail of the Eagle!!; Books vs. Bullets; Running Deer; The Sheriff Who Wouldn't Shoot; The Winner Gets a Cell. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1961 by Charlton Comics Group.$9.00
Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and others. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. When a rancher sees the Masked Raider pursuing the outlaws who stole his year's profits, he thinks the masked man is in on the robbery. Polly gets jealous when Les Wilcox starts spending time with stage star Angela Crane, but Angela just wants the Masked Raider's help in finding her missing brother. The Masked Raider sets out to find the mysterious Robin Hood of the West known as the Catamount Kid - but the Kid gets the drop on him first. Dead or Alive; The Beautiful Lure; The Deadly Outlaw; Texas Rangers in Action: Gunman's Mistake!; The Last Draw; The Saga of the Catamount Kid! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1961 by Charlton Comics Group.$21.00
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$21.00
Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Pete Morisi, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. Lawyer Les Wilcox faces a hopeless case of defending an innocent man in front of a crooked judge and a bought jury, so he changes to Masked Raider to balance Justice's scales. The Raider is captured by beautiful Anne Durell, who blames him for her brother's prison sentence. The Masked Raider joins a hunter in search of a rogue mountain lion, but soon learns which one is the real rogue, in a story with some exceptionally nice art (particularly on the cougar) by Pete Morisi. Trial by Fury; The Unfair Sex; Rough, Tough, and No Drinking; Cousin Joe; The Biggest Heel in Laredo; Track of the Cat. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.