List of Marvel Family Enemies - Iron Horsemen

Iron Horsemen

Only appearing in Marvel Family #12. The Marvels get a letter from Sheriff Blake from Redrock, Montana, saying bandits called the Iron Horsemen are raiding the countryside. The Marvels go to the Town and see armoured men on mechanical iron steeds. They are led by Iron Duke, and their armour is bulletproof. They try robbing the bank, but the Marvels fight them, the Iron Horsemen's bullets only bouncing off. Captain Marvel knocks one down, but his horse kicks Cap. The other bandits use the same method against the others. The bandits then ride away, on horses which can do 100 mph. They ride to the hills, and the Marvels lose them among those. Mary says they must have a hideout here, but it would take weeks to find it. They go back and meet Blake. They ask if he knows where the hideout is, too which he says he doesn't. Blake tells them he reserved rooms for them at the hotel. They go in and turn back to rest. Meanwhile the Iron Horseman go to their hideout, a Spanish Fortress built 300 years ago. The Iron Duke says a few more hauls like this and they can retire. When another member asks about the Marvel Family he says they'll outwits them. The Iron Duke says they stole Fire insurance papers from the Bank which cover almost every building in town. They'll burn the town down and collect the money. With flame throwers, they attack the town and night. But the noise wakes the children and Uncle Marvel, who become the Marvel Family. Captain Marvel withstands a flame thrower and uses it against the Iron Horseman. Jr. and Mary use the same method. But the Four Horsemen retreat and split up, so so do the Marvel Family. Mary seizes her quarry, and hits him hard enough to knock him from the armour. She flies him away. Jr. stands in front of another horse, smashing it apart. Uncle goes through a forest a foot. The Horseman hides behind a tree and decides to capture him. He is seized from behind, and the Horseman tries to squeeze him till he goes limp. However he turns on a knob on the Horse, making it kick the bandit. He tries to ride back, but can't control the Horse. Cap chases the Duke back to his castle, where the drawbridge is sent up. Cap thinks if he smashed his way in, it would warn the Duke and give him a chance to escape. Despite the fact the Duke already knows he is after him. Cap foolishly decides to turn back to Billy to creep through a small window. He is clubbed by the Duke. When he comes to he is gagged and tied to a torture wheel, which the Duke says will tear him imb from limb 'slowly.....agonizingly'. However Uncle crashes through the castle on the Horse, which collides with the wheel making Billy's gag come off. He summons Cap, who defeats the Duke. Meanwhile the Horse has been smashed after crashing through a wall, and Uncle says he will never ride another horse as long as he lives. The Horsemen are then jailed in Redrock.