Chet Fairchild was just a rich playboy who spent his days lazing about reading books, disgusted by his family and respected by no one. This suited Chet just fine because no one could suspect that he was actually THE MASKED MARVEL – who rode the Wild West in his green skull mask battling those who would commit crimes and do evil to the brave men and women of the frontier. MASKED MARVEL appeared in all 16 issues of Gunsmoke (1949-1952), and until today his adventures had never before been collected...but this is the Age of Gwandanaland and Midcentury , where anything is possible!