Masked Raider (1955 Charlton) comic books 1959-1961
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Issue #24
Published Jun 1960 by Charlton Comics Group.$7.20
Cover by Pete Morisi. Stories and art by Pete Morisi and Tony Tallarico. Western adventure featuring a masked hero with a secret identity and a golden eagle for a sidekick. Without time to change into the Masked Raider, lawyer Les Wilcox must stop a bank robbery in his civilian identity. When a swindler targets townspeople with phony Spanish land grants, it's up to Masked Raider to reveal the ruse. Owlhoots make Black Jack act crazy, hoping Rocky Lane will be a pushover without his heroic horse. The Perfect Plan; The Sonora Swindle; Cowboy Cal; Rocky Lane: Black Jack's Madness; Turnabout. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #29
Published Apr 1961 by Charlton Comics Group.$10.00
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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Issue #30
Published Jun 1961 by Charlton Comics Group.$25.00
- Water damage.
$25.00
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.
