Blue Tyson on September 7th, 2010

The Curse of Capistrano – Johnston McCulleyhttp://worldebooklibrary.com/eBooks/WorldeBookLibrary.com/markzorro.htm
Repression and oppressive taxation grows in one corner of California. Don Diego Viega, whose picture might just be beside the word ‘fop’ if California had a dictionary, can do nothing about it.
As one of the local military says “he is about as dangerous as a lizard basking in [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 22nd, 2010

Showing that as a cook he makes a really good masked superhero.
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3 out of 5
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Blue Tyson on November 14th, 2008

The Camden Kid – Charlie SwiftCopperhead railroaded.
2.5 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on April 19th, 2008

The Faithful Companion At Forty – Karen Joy FowlerTonto, unappreciated.
4 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on February 22nd, 2008

The Lone Ranger In Wild Horse Canyon – Fran Strikerhttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/LRinwildhorsecanyon.pdf
It’s all about the gold mine.
When the Lone Ranger and Tonto find a young girl alone in the woods they soon determine she is in need of help.
Given that some of the men causing her problems are named Tombstone, Ripper, Scar, and Mace, it isn’t hard [...]

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Blue Tyson on October 7th, 2007

Wolf Train West – William Messner LoebsA boy and his little sister head west, trying to ride the rails, struggling in the cold to catch a train. They are helped up by a strong fellow traveller, and soon find the railway police are rather more than human.
Luckily their fellow traveller is not new to [...]

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Blue Tyson on July 20th, 2007

Raiders of Rifle Rock – Lee E. WellsWayne Morgan stumbles across some violence being perpetrated by hirelings of King Gardner, who is keenly agitating for a range war so he can expand his holdings.
The Masked Rider decides to get involved after he escapes.
2.5 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on April 27th, 2007

The Lash of Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageThis is easily the worst of the Senorita Scorpion stories so far, as it is told from the point of a view of a marshal that has been sent to bring in the Scorpion for the murder of a senator. Again, of course, she didn’t do it, [...]

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Blue Tyson on April 27th, 2007

The Return of Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageSenorita Scorpion has to pretty much go it alone, as the combination of an Aztec cult getting its peyote concocting hands on Chisos Owens and Johnny Hagar being framed by nogoodniks that want to run the peons off their land for the water for big cattle spreads.
Elgera, with [...]

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Blue Tyson on April 14th, 2007

The Legend of Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageThis compilation contains the first three Senorita Scorpion adventures. It also gives some publishing history and detail on where, when and why it was written.
Senorita Scorpion
The Brand of Senorita Scorpion
The Secret of the Santiago
When George Douglas is attacked by Comanches and his mine caves in, you have [...]

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Blue Tyson on April 14th, 2007

The Sting of Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageSenorita Scorpion is being tracked by a marshal, for the murder of his brother. Unable to shake him she asks for time to prove she didn’t do it.
At the heart of it is a hidden source of water, and she comes across the posse of man she [...]

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Blue Tyson on April 14th, 2007

The Secret of the Santiago – Les SavageThe Secret of the Santiago involves a map divided into three pieces, and the hunt to find them all. People are getting quite violent over it, so it seems it involves a lot of gold.
Senorita Scorpion, and her two admirers and friends have to deal with Caballero [...]

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Blue Tyson on April 14th, 2007

The Brand of Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageAnse Hawkman has hired some men to pull a fast one, by pretending to be the mining engineer she has hired to come and deal with a contract for her.
Muscle comes along, and the Scorpion has to try and make a break for freedom to get help from [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Hopalong’s Hop – Clarence E. Mulfordhttp://www.pulpgen.com/pulp/downloads/getpdf.php?id=791
Well, excellent. I always wanted to know this, my dad couldn’t tell me, and I never got around to looking it up or asking anyone.
Bill Cassidy has been asked to look over some cattle, but someone else hires him to solve a serious cattle rustling problem. The result [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

The Drive – Clarence E. Mulfordhttp://www.pulpgen.com/pulp/downloads/getpdf.php?id=797
Hopalong decides to teach an anglophile varmint who stampedes their herd to gain an advantage for his, a rather severe lesson.
3 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Don’t Frame A Redhead – Clarence E. Mulfordhttp://www.pulpgen.com/pulp/downloads/getpdf.php?id=236
Hopalong, not having a lot of luck punting, finds his luck is better when he is busting shell game operators and dodgy dealers, instead.
3 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Land Pirates of Wagon Gap – Walker A. Tompkinshttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/landpiratesofwagongap.pdf
A crucial piece of land for a railroad, leads to some dodgy dealings, blowings up, murder, and a confrontation with the Masked Rider.
3 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Land of Big Timber – Hascal Gileshttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/landofbigtimber.pdf
The Masked Rider gets involved when a dispute between two ranchers turns ugly.
One of them is most definitely not playing legally, and Wayne Morgan gets himself hired on as a temp hand to see what he can find out.
3 out of 5

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Trail of the Blue Snake – Ben Gardnerhttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TrailofBlueSnake.pdf
This one is a bit on the dull side, and lays it on a bit thick.
It is rescued a little when it appears that there is a reason for the band of outlaws and killers to have a snake tattoo.
It appears their leader has some zoological ability, and [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Gun the Man Down – Hascal Gileshttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/GuntheManDown.pdf
The Masked Rider comes to help a group of nesters who are being exploited, and soon to be more and more violently.
When he helps out with investigating as Wayne Morgan he is caught near the scene of a murder, and those he is trying to help turn on him.
This [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 25th, 2007

Guntrap Trail – Oscar Friendhttp://thelonetaxman.web.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/guntraptrail.pdf
The town Wayne Morgan wanders into this time has a murder or two on its hands. No, this is not a big shock.
A bit of questioning and snooping is required to work out there is bad feeling between past owners of a ranch, and the ornery current owner, who has a [...]

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Blue Tyson on March 22nd, 2007

Senorita Scorpion – Les SavageWhen George Douglas is attacked by Comanches and his mine caves in, you have a classic hidden mine and lost property scenario.
200 years later, with the Douglas family finally having dug their way out, Senorita Scorpion starts raiding.
The blonde, blue-eyed, black masked bandida has a secret it seems, and there is [...]

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Blue Tyson on January 8th, 2007

The Lone Ranger – Fran StrikerI think everyone is pretty familiar with this story. A Texas Ranger is almost fatally injured, and ends up being befriended by an Indian.
Left for dead, he decides being masked would be a good idea to hide this fact, as he becomes a force for good, complete with silver [...]

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