Appearing in "Romance Perigoso"
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- Leadville's sheriff
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- Shark's gang
- Shark
- Jerke Martin
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Synopsis for "Romance Perigoso"
Story is the same as the one in Black Rider (BR) Vol 1 86, but redrawn and some added content.
Jerke Martin and his bandits were tormenting Leadville until that the Black Rider came to stop the bandits. They fled in fear when they recognized him. Marie Lathrop was watching this attack and was very pleased. But when the Black Rider was punching some of the bandits, he was shooted by another one in the leg. However The Rider shoot and disarm him. As the Rider gave the bandits to the sheriff,Marie commented to his borther, Bobby, that she admired the Rider very much. Bobby asked if she liked Drs Masters instead, but Marie replied that the difference was enormous, because Masters fear his own shadow. Bob said that Dr Masters was also brave, but Maried believed that he was hidding in his office.
Dr Masters had arrived to his office and examined his injured happy that the bullet only scratched him. Marie and Bob arrived to his office and Marie asked him about the bandit assault, and Dr Masters pretended to don't know ad he disavowed all violence. Marie noted the injury in his left leg. Masters claimed that he was in the door when a lost bullet scratched him. Marie immediatly noted the obvious lie and say good bye.
Marie began to ponder the situation and began to believe that Masters was the Black Rider all along.In the bandit camp, the bandit boss( Shark) pondered the capture of Jerke Martin and other of his men. He wanted to known the Rider secret identity and one of his underlings, Bartley, suggest that he would be connected to Dr. Masters, who always disappeared when the Rider was active. So Shark decided to capture the medic to lure the Black Rider. At the same time, Marie decided to solve her doubts and planned to fake a kidnapping. She left a letter to Dr Masters with information of the fake kidnapping, but she was seen by Bartley. He took the letter and bring it to Shark. It said that Marie was captured and was held in the Roost's crossoroad. (Encruzilhada do Galo). Shark orderer Bartley to capture Marie for real,and return the letter to Dr Masters' office. Bartley easily captured Marie, who was brought to Shark's hideout. Here, Shark planned to capture Masters too.
Meanwhile, Doc Masters discovered the letter and showed it to Bobby, who recognized the handwritting of his sister. He brought her diary to compare the handwrittings. Masters read that Marie suspected that he was the Black Rider. So Masters decided to give a lesson to Marie. He went to the Rooster crossroad, where he was captured by the bandits. The boss asked him who was the Black Rider, but Masters pretended ignorance and cowardice. In this moment,a shouting was heard and the figure of the Black Rider was seen in the window. The bandits ran to capture him. Masters pretended to faint and was left behind with Marie Lathrop. Later he awakened, hit Marie to avoid her watching him in action, and hit the bandits watchers. Next Masters meet the fake Black Rider, who was Bobby Lathrop in disguise. Now as the Black Rider, Masters ambushed the bandits and defeated them with his fists.
Marie saw all of this and ran to kiss the Raider.She was interrupted by one of the bandits who tried to throw knife to the couple, but was stopped by a fast shoot is his hands by Marie herself. The Black Rider excused himself to search for Dr Masters, advising Marie to look for the local sheriff. Meanwhile, Masters changed his disguise with Bob,and watched the arrival of the sheriff as Doc Masters. Marie was disappointed by the disappareance of the Black Rider. In Doc Masters office, she told Masters that she didn't believe anymore that he would be the Black Rider, but she still suspected that Masters was who hit her in the bandit and tear out locks of her hair. She left the office, leaving Masters and Bob surprised.
Appearing in "Corrida contra o tempo"
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Synopsis for "Corrida contra o tempo"
The Kid doesn't know what Faro looks like so he begins provoking other passengers to see if they will reveal themselves as James, but none of them do. When the conductor notices that the train is going faster than scheduled, the Rawhide Kid realizes that Faro is in the engine and races to the front of the train. There he subdues Faro and learns that his gang is waiting further down the line to help rob the train.
The Kid uses the train's headlight to blind the outlaws and shoots the guns out of their hands and takes them into custody, foiling Faro's plot.Notes
- In this brasilian version, Matthew Masters was renamed Heron Robledo. Rawhide Kid I was renamed "Randy Scott".
- Only the stories featuring Marvel characters are listed in the database.
- This particular story is a retelling of the one in Black Rider (BR) Vol 1 86, with almost identical dialogue, but different art and some added scenes. The unnamed bandit boss was renamed "Shark". Jake Martin was renamed "Jerke Martin"