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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published 1999
Cover Price 5.95 USD
Pages 48
Editing Bill Black (reprint editor)
Notes Special thanks to Mick Harvey and Stig Olsen.

Cover Details - "Enter the Presto Kid!"

Characters Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid
Genre Western
Pencils Bill Black
Inks Bill Black
Letters typeset
Notes Special thanks to Mick Harvey and Stig Olsen.

1 page Durango Kid illustration "Photo of Durango Kid from unknown movie"

Characters Durango Kid
Genre Western
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Notes Inside front cover.

12 page Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid story "Six-Gun Showdown!"

Characters Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid; Sheriff Ben Gage; Jeff Grant [Presto Kid]; Steve Brand [Durango Kid]; Muley Pike; Molly; Villain: Trig Harding; Pete
Synopsis Black Phantom wants to go straight but Sheriff Ben Gage insists that she brings in Trig Harding first to gain his trust. The Durango Kid and Presto Kid inadvertantly help her to bring him in and she is made deputy.
Genre Western
Script Bill Black
Pencils John Nadeau
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Dick Ayers
Notes New story.

6 page Black Diamond story "Redman's Vengeance"

Characters Black Diamond; Bumper; Reliapon; Sheriff Jed Blake; Red Deer; Brave Cloud; Villain: Bat Slade; Billy
Synopsis To stop Bat Slade's plan to wipe out the indians to get at gold on their land Black Diamond has to fight his "adoptive" brother Brave Cloud to the death.
Genre Western
Script Pete Morisi
Pencils Pete Morisi
Inks Pete Morisi
Notes Originally printed in color.
Reprinted from Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series) #55.

2 page Rocky Lane story "The Wrong Man!"

Characters Rocky Lane; Lem Stover; Villain: Carson
Synopsis Two con artists try to frame Rocky Lane for a crime he didn't commit.
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Vince Alascia
Notes Originally in color.
Reprinted from ?

2 page letters page "Writers of the West!"

Characters Tim Holt; Duke
Script Bill Black
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes Photo of Tim Holt on his horse Duke is also included.

2 page text article "Black Diamonds & Phantoms"

Characters Durango Kid; Redmask; Ghost Rider; Black Diamond; Rocky Lane
Synopsis Editorial giving background on stories in this issue, information on Black Diamond and information on future stories to be reprinted in Best of the West.
Genre Western
Script Bill Black
Pencils ? (photographs)
Inks ? (photographs)
Notes Includes two photos, first one is from The Bold Frontiersman (1948) with Rocky Lane, Fred Graham and Roy Barcroft. The second photo is from Blazing the Western Trail (1945) with The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), Carole Matthews and Tex Harding.

7 page Redmask story "Bait For Bandit Bullets!"

Characters Redmask; Sheriff Gage; Villain: Blackjack Travis; El Sombrero; Sundance Kid
Synopsis Three different gangs try to kill Redmask at the same time.
Genre Western
Pencils Frank Bolle
Inks Frank Bolle
Notes Originally in color.
Reprinted from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #8 [A-1 #81]

6 page The Haunted Horseman story "The Rifle That Never Missed!"

Characters Haunted Horseman; Pedro Lopez; Villain: El Morte
Synopsis The Haunted Horseman debunks the legend of the rifle that never misses.
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Originally in color.
Reprinted from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #47.

6 page Durango Kid story "The Senorita and the Killers!"

Characters Durango Kid; Muley Pike; Dona Clara; Marina; Villain; Senor Diego Robino
Synopsis Durango Kid saves Marina from marrying Senor Diego Robino and then being murdered.
Genre Western
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks John Belfi
Notes Originally in color, inker credit for John Belfi comes from Best of the West (AC) #6, the GCD database has Joe Certa as the inker in their records for Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises) #3.
Reprinted from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #3 [A-1 #52]

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Western comics available from AC"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Golden Age reprints available from AC"

Notes Inside back cover.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes Back cover, contents of Best of the West (AC) #7, illustration of Black Diamond, small version of the cover of Best of the West (AC) #7 and The Haunted Horseman (AC) #1.