BILLY STEELE: KID RANGER--THE DARK SKULL'S REVENGE

To sweeten the deal, Lucy Fur betrothed her love to the young, alienated outlaw.

Once The fly like Sidewinder fell into the web like trap of the spider like Lucy Fur, she presented her new dupe with The Dark Skull’s old mask. The young Sidewinder, as a tribute to his deceased father, put on the fabled hood. Immediately, an incredible power surged within him. Black clouds and bloody red shafts of lightning crackled and roared around his body as The Sidewinder became the new, monstrous Dark Skull. Just as his father became transformed into a titan of evil, before being defeated by Billy Steele the Sidewinder became such a new humongous horror. As he roared with a hateful laughter, the new Dark Skull knew he held an evil power that could never be terminated, and he existed only to destroy Billy Steele and serve the devil herself.

Lucy Fur then implanted her insidious intent into the new Dark Skull’s ear. Her voice dripped with an alluring decadence as she told the terrible titan to attack Paradise Valley. The rampaging of the settlement would attract The Lightning Warrior and once baited, he would fall into their clutches.

"I have a fate worse than death planned for The Lightning Warrior," Lucy Fur tenderly whispered into The Sidewinder’s ear as the outcast youth gorged him self on her body of delights.

Just before dawn broke the citizens of Paradise Valley were cruelly awakened by an incomprehensible destructive force. The new, gigantic Dark Skull unleashed his fury upon the helpless community. Nearly fifty feet high, and armed with twin firearms of devastation, The Dark Skull pounded and bashed Paradise Valley’s livery stable, hotel and church. The pioneers’ became traumatized as their symbols of civilization crumbled to dust under the creature’s boot heels. The monster then shot a blast from his enormous six-gun and the lead missile blew the town’s little red schoolhouse apart. Women screamed. Ranchers, whose wagons contained their year’s crops and cattle, saw their wagons overturned by the monster. Years of the town’s backbreaking work to build a home became destroyed in mere seconds by the angry youth turned raging monster.

The citizens’ feeble weapons of guns and farm tools were useless against The Dark Skull’s infernal power as he used his sledgehammer type fists to pummel his attackers. Soon word of the battle reached Fort Yuma. As Holt’s Rangers armed them selves with sabers and army carbines, and quickly mounted their horses to race to the town’s defense, Billy Steele hid behind the barracks and held his magical black arrowhead above his head. Making sure no one could discover his secret identity, Billy prepared to exclaim the magic words.

"R.A.M.S.F.E.W.," Billy shouted, as he once again became the phantom protector of the plains.

While Holt’s Rangers galloped from the fort towards the fray, Billy, now transformed into The Lightning Warrior, arrived at Paradise Valley to face the new Dark Skull. The Lightning Warrior, his steed, The Thunder Rider, and his war dog, The Lone Defender, looked at each other in disbelief. Their worst enemy, whom they thought they brought to justice has somehow become resurrected and now has the power of hell itself at his command.

Holt’s Rangers stormed the town to battle the monstrous menace. Led by their lantern-jawed Col., Holt’s Rangers are a battling brigade facing the most extreme horrors without question. To preserve freedom for all pioneers, they would make the ultimate sacrifice if need be. Each Ranger would ride into "the valley of death" to keep Old Glory flying high. As Col. Tim ordered the unit to open fire, he, Sgt. Big Boy, Cpl. Jubilee Jones and Salvation McCoy, felt a momentary chill up their backs for they were again facing an enemy thought dead.