Appearing in "Duelo ao por do sol"
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- Gus Seeley
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Synopsis for "Duelo ao por do sol"
The Black Rider spots some Sioux warriors carrying a boy with them, and seeing that they are not hostile decides to go an investigate. The Sioux found the boy wandering in the hills near their village and was very sick so they took him in to care for. Unable to treat him, they decided to bring him to Leadville. Seeing that the boy is burning up with a fever, the Black Rider takes the boy off their hands and brings the boy to his medical practice, changing back into his alter ego of Dr. Matthew Masters to treat the boy. Taking off the boy's shirt, Masters is shocked to see that he had been flayed and starved. When the boy wakes up he tells Masters that he wants to be left alone to die, but Matthew treats him and after a few days of care the boy begins to recover. Masters asks the boy what happened but he refuses to talk about his experiences.
Suddenly a man named Gus Seeley comes to pick up the boy, telling Masters that he is the boys legal guardian. Matthew sees that the boy is visibly distressed, but doesn't see Gus pull a knife and put it against the kids back in order to force him to leave with him. Masters decides that he can't do anything but as they leave he resolves to aid the boy anyway he can as the Black Rider.
The Black Rider pays a visit to Jim and Marie Lathrop and learns that the boy was the son of a rancher named Kim Benson who mysteriously disappeared and Gus Seeley came and made the boy his ward. Realizing that the boy is the sole heir to the Benson ranch, the Black Rider begins to piece together what happened and goes to find Seeley and the Benson boy.
Meanwhile, at nearby Devil's Gorge, Seeley and one of his men have Benson and his son tied up and gives them one last chance to sign over the Benson ranch to him or they will be thrown off the gorge. Kim Benson refuses, but before they can be executed the Black Rider arrives and blasts the guns out of Gus' hands and kills his assistant. The Black Rider then lunges at Gus Seeley and the two fight it out. Gus manages to get the upper hand and knocks the Black Rider into the river, and begins to shoot in it, seemingly killing the hero. However, the Black Rider survives and while Gus has his back turned, he climbs out of the water and guns down Gus, saving the Benson's lives.Appearing in "Na trilha dos bandidos!"
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- Sheriff Ben Dexter
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- Bull Bragg
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Synopsis for "Na trilha dos bandidos!"
The Black Rider rides into the town of Mule Messa on the trail of Bull and Booth Bragg and their gang. He tracks them down to the local saloon where a gun fight erupts. The Black Rider guns down both Booth and Bull, ending the fight. He tells the remaining outlaws to get out of the area if they want to live and they leave with the bodies of their leaders to bury on Boot Hill. However, as they are preparing to bury their leaders, they are shocked to find that Bull is still alive and he orders them to get him a doctor.
Ironically enough they go to Leadville and kidnap Dr. Matthew Masters, unaware that is is really the Black Rider and take him to their cabin hideout. Although at odds about saving Bull's life, Masters decides to stick with his Hippocratic oath to heal and saves Bull's life. After the operation Bull's gang lets Masters go, who worries about what danger he has unleashed upon the innocent. The next day the sheriff of Leadville visits Masters and tells him that Bull Brag and his gang just broke into San Juan penitentiary and freed his incarcerated gang members and is planning to rob the bank in Los Pintos. Masters slips away and changes into the Black Rider and goes to Bragg's cabin but finds that they have already left.
Riding into Los Pintos he is too late to stop the attack but goes to the bank where the robbery is still in progress. There the Black Rider finishes the job he started in Mule Mess and guns down Bull and his entire gang. With the gang dead, the Black Rider is thanked by the people for saving their town.Appearing in "A trilha da vingança!"
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Synopsis for "A trilha da vingança!"
The Ringo Kid returns to the Comanche village that was the birthplace of his mother and is horrified to find that they were force off their land by white raiders. Investigating their trail he finds that they at least had enough time to bury their dead before fleeing their land.
He follows their trail and hurries when he spots buzzards circling in the sky. Beneath them he finds Keeta, an elderly Comanche woman whom helped raise him as a boy. He learns that their people were forced off their land by white men who killed their game, destroyed their crops and poisoned their wells forcing them to flee after a losing battle. Keeta fled with a group of women and children but soon saw herself as a burden to the others and decided to stay behind and wait for death allowing the young to continue on and keep their tribe alive. Unable to leave Keeta to die, the Ringo Kid takes her to Caleb a trapper friend for care and learns more about the attackers and then races off alone to deal with them.
Meanwhile at a saloon not far away the men responsible -- under the leadership of Hatchet Harmond -- plot to track down the remaining Comanches and wipe them out. Not far away from there is the group of Comanches that were part of Keeta's party have stopped. Slowed down further by two children who have grown ill, the warriors guarding the women and children decide to stand their ground and fight to the death instead of leaving anymore behind. That night some of Harmond's men prepare to ambush the Comanches but they are in turn ambushed by the Ringo Kid who slays them all.
He then convinces the Comanches to stand their ground and goes out to gather the other separated groups to form an army of warriors. They then work together to track down Hatchet Harmond and his gang and ambush them at their camp. Although Harmond is nowhere to be found. The Kid tells them to stay there, while not far up ahead Hatchet sends the last of his men to force the Comanches to a nearby watering hole. There Hatchet poisons the water, but the Ringo Kid catches him in the act and guns him down.
After the rest of his gang is wiped out it begins to rain giving the Comanches the fresh water they need to rebuild their destroyed village.Appearing in "O misterioso herói do Oeste!"
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- Lanny Kimball
- Marie Lathrop
- Jim Lathrop
- Sheriff Ben Dexter
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- Bulldog Barnes (Death)
- Breed Morro (Death)
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Synopsis for "O misterioso herói do Oeste!"
Bulldog Barnes and his gang rob a stage outside of Leadville, but when he orders Lanny Kimball to kill everyone aboard the coach, Lanny refuses to be party to murder. Bulldog guns down Kimball and he and his men flee just as the Black Rider arrives. Learning what happened from the survivors, the Black Rider takes Lanny's unconscious body and takes him to the Lathrop ranch where he tells Marie to bring the injured man to the medical practice of his alter-ego Matthew Masters.
The Black Rider races back to Leadville where he changes into his other identity just moments before Marie arrives and asks him to return to her family ranch. There Matthew and Marie perform the delicate surgery to remove the bullets from Lanny's shoulder. The next day the sheriff comes in to arrest Lanny, but Masters sends him away, refusing to release a wounded man under his care. Coming out of his coma, Lanny overhears Masters defending him and sending the sheriff away and thanks the doctor for his help.
A few weeks later while Lanny is still healing and Masters is away from the Lathrop ranch, one of Bulldog's men pays a visit pretending to be a friend coming to see how Lanny is doing. The man talks privately with Lanny and tells him that Bulldog is willing to forgive his insubordination is Lanny agrees to help them ambush the Black Rider. Lanny refuses to help and sends the man away and then tells Marie he has to leave. The next day Marie tells Matthew Masters what happened the night before and expresses concern for Lanny's well being.
Masters slips away and changes into the Black Rider and finds Lanny hiding out in town waiting to ambush Bulldog and his gang. Not wishing the boy to risk his life, the Black Rider knocks him out and wipes out the Bulldog gang on his own. In the aftermath of the battle, the Black Rider helps clear Lanny of any trouble with the law and helps him get a job as a ranch hand on the Lathrop ranch.Appearing in "A trilha do matador"
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Synopsis for "A trilha do matador"
Red Warrior is out with his friend Magowuk emptying fur traps. Soon Magowuk is attacked by Watami the timberwolf. Hearing his friends agonized screams, Red Warrior comes to his friend's aid and attempts slays Watami. However, he realizes that Watami had gone rabid and inflicted wounds on Magowuk. Soon Magowuk kills the creature with his bare hands. The two ride back to camp where Magowuk is given instant medical attention.
Magowuk soon succumbs to an infection of rabies and slips out of the camp to go on a rampage. Red Warrior goes after Magowuk and he sends him fleeing before he can attack a sleeping cowboy. The two men then follow Magowuk up to a cave and start a fire to smoke him out. When Magowuk attacks Red Warrior, he is easily defeated and tossed off a cliff to his death, putting Magowuk's torment to an end.Appearing in "A explosão da mina"
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- Ben Jonas
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Synopsis for "A explosão da mina"
A stage coach carrying a government contractor suddenly buckles under strain and crashes. The coach drive rides out to the town of Leadville where he asks for the aid of local doctor Matthew Masters. With no time to lose Marie Lathrop offers to ride Matthew out on her buckboard and they rush out and rescue the man. Observing him, Masters tells those gathered that he man from the government will need a few days rest. One of the listeners rushes back to his employer, Ben Jonas, who is more than happy to hear the news as he can use it to his advantage to win the contract for a government irrigation project.
Meanwhile, Masters brings the government man back to his office where he regains conciousness and tells Masters to help protect his briefcase which contains sealed bids for the irrigation system. Before finding a safe place to put it, Matthew tries to ask Marie out on a date and is turned down again. Suddenly some of Ben Jonas' men come bursting in and take Marie prisoner and force Matthew to turn over the sealed bids. They take Marie as a hostage to keep anyone from going after them.
After the crooks are gone, Matthew slips away and changes into the Black Rider and chases after them on his horse Satan. He tracks them down to a nearby dynamite shed where the Black Rider guns down two of the men. Their leader tosses Marie into the dynamite shack and tosses in a match and flees while the Black Rider dives in to rescue the girl. The Rider manages to rescue Marie just moments before the explosives go off and chases after the leader of the gang who has just taken off his bandanna revealing himself to be Ben Jonas. The Black Rider easily guns down Jonas in a draw and Marie rewards him with a kiss.
Back in town, Matthew attempts to ask Marie out on another date but she once more turns him down, hoping to one day see the Black Rider again, Matthew smiles knowing that another appearance can be arranged.Appearing in "Luta decisiva"
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Synopsis for "Luta decisiva"
Bull Lafarge, a rough and violent logger, wishes to dam up the local river for his logging operations threatening the water supply needed by the cattlemen in the area. When one of the cattle owners confronts Bull, Lafarge attempts to attack him with his ax but the Outlaw Kid shoots the blade off the handle. Lafarge stands down but vows to get revenge. The young man thanks the Outlaw Kid for his help and explains all the trouble and how he wasn't going to stand aside and let Bull take the water the ranchers need. With the hour growing late, the Outlaw Kid races away to change back into his alter-ego of Lance Temple as he is taking his girlfriend Belle Taylor to the dance that evening.
When they both arrive in town they witness Bull Lafarge fighting it out with the young rancher. Bound to his vow of non-violence made to his father, Lance is unable to do anything much to Belle's frustration. When the fight is over, Lance and Belle take the young rancher to the doctor for treatment. With the young man expected to recover from his injuries, Lance takes Belle home where she muses how if the Outlaw Kid were around he would solve the problem, and Lance assures her that perhaps the hero will do just that.
Lance changes into the Outlaw Kid and rides to the nearby river where Bull Lafarge and his men are already busy building their dam. He easily defeats his guards. Bull then challenges the Outlaw Kid to a bo-staff fight on a pair of logs in the river. The Kid gains the upper hand knocking Bull off his log and sending him into the river. However, Bull manages to pull himself onto the Outlaw Kid's log and tries to attack the hero with a knife. The Kid knocks Bull down with a single punch sending him into the raging river again where he is pulled over a water fall to his death, while the Kid jumps to safety on the shore.
A few days later at the Temple ranch, Zane tells Belle and Lance about how the problem with the dam is over with thanks to the Outlaw Kid. Belle marvels about how there isn't another man like the Outlaw Kid for miles around and Lance is inclined to agree.Appearing in "O homem e o cavalo"
Synopsis for "O homem e o cavalo"
Appearing in "Cavaleiro Negro"
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Synopsis for "Cavaleiro Negro"
In the town of Aspen Creek, a stagecoach is robbed by Lip Borger and his gang. The locals are left wondering why the marhsall does not act, unaware that Lip Borger and his men have threatened his wife. In order to cover this up, the marshal feigns having appendicitis However, the marshall is believed to have been double crossed when he learns that three of the locals have been killed.
However, as the gang makes off with the stagecoach and it's $30,000 gold shipment, the Black Rider comes by and tries to stop them. Fearful of the Black Rider, the gang members riding the coach end up crashing it. Lip and the other gang members leave their cashed friends to fend for themselves. The Black Rider forces the surviving gang members to help him ride the coach back to town and learns of Borger's involvement. In town, the Black Rider learns about the wounded and the marshal's "appendicitis" and leaves to "get" a doctor. The Rider soon returns in his alter-ego, travelling doctor Matthew Masters.
When examining the marshal, he finds that he has been faking his illness, but keeps it to himself when he finds that the marshal resembles an outlaw named Cut Wells, a man who was supposedly killed by Comanches two years prior. When Masters mentions this, the marshall dismisses it. He also notes that the marshal's wife is blind and one of Borger's wounded men seems to know have some kind of secret. Deciding to investigate further, Matthew Masters sends a telegram out to sheriff Yates in Abilene, Texas asking to confirm the death of Cut Wells. Two hours later he gets a response, confirming the various identifying scars and the fact that Cut Wells was not killed as originally reported.
Realizing the marshal is really Cut Wells, Masters changes back into the Black Rider and goes to confront him. He finds Cut arguing with one of Borger's men over the people who were killed in the raid, something that Lip promised would not happen. When the argument turns into a fight, the Black Rider bursts in but the outlaw escapes. Black Rider demands to know what is going on and the marshal admits that he is really Cut Wells and explains his story:
He explains that three years ago, he had retired from being an outlaw. However, money got tight and Cut had to think about his wife. He agreed to work with Lip Borger on a bank robbery on the condition that they did not kill anybody. However, Lip shot one of the bank tellers and after they escaped Cut was beat up for protesting it. Cut faked his death and relocated to Aspen Creek and tried to redeem himself by becoming the marshal. However, Lip Borger and his men soon found him and threatened to reveal his criminal past and threatened his wife if he did not allow them to rob the coach.
With his wife kidnapped to force his continued compliance, Black Rider agrees to help Cut out of his jam. While Cut goes and confronts Lip Borger and his gang, the Black Rider goes and rescues his wife. The Black Rider returns to town just in time to see Cut wipe out Borger and his gang. Cut thanks Black Rider for his help, and the Black Rider promises to keep Cut's criminal past a secret, as he is convinced that Cut has redeemed himself.Notes
- Almanaque do Cavaleiro Negro was a reprint title of the brasilian publisher RGE, who had the license to reprint Black Rider from Marvel.
- In this brazilian version, Matthew Masters was renamed Heron Robledo. Western Kid was renamed "Kit Carson". Outlaw Kid was renamed "Cavaleiro Solitario". Red Arrow was translated as "Flecha Rubra".
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