Who Is Black Rider? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Black Rider is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Matthew Masters, with over 421 comic issue appearances. Western hero. A doctor that become a masked horseman. He is trigger-happy and has a large bodycount.

Who is Black Rider?

Major Story Arcs At a young age Mathew Masters watched his father get murdered by some looters. Wanting and seeking justice this young man grew to be a man and tracked the men who killed his father. Calling himself the Cactus Kid, he shot and killed them. Arrested and pardoned, he went on to Medical school in Mexico and settled in Leadville, Texas. Now nick-named Doc by the local town folk. Mathew led a good life, until he came across a land robber, who shot a patient that he was curing. The young girl that he liked, Marie Lathrop, called him a coward because he didn't confront the killer. Confused by his feelings and his medical jurament and not wanting to tarnish his reputation he used a black mask and became the Black Rider, the mysterious hero of the West.

Key facts

Black Rider is of human origin and first appeared in "The Syndicate of Six-Gun Terror!". The character is published by Marvel. With 421 recorded issue appearances, Black Rider ranks among the most featured characters in comics.