Issue Details

Issue	#7
Published	1996
Cover Price	9.95 USD
Pages	108
Editing	Bill Black
Notes	wrap-around cover

Cover Details - "The Best of the West"

Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Bill Black
Notes	wrap-around cover

31 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "ME Comics"

Script	Bill Black
Letters	typeset
Notes	interspersed with stories

7 page Trail Colt story "The Rode Robbers!"

Characters	Trail Colt U.S. Marshal
Pencils	Frank Frazetta
Inks	Frank Frazetta
Reprinted	from Manhunt (Magazine Enterprises, 1947 series) #13 [A-1 #63]

8 page Durango Kid story "Write the Law in Gunsmoke!"

Characters	Durango Kid
Genre	Western
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	John Belfi
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Durango Kid illustration "Pinup"

Characters	Durango Kid
Genre	Western
Pencils	John Belfi
Inks	John Belfi

8 page Dan Brand and Tipi story "Voyage into Danger"

Genre	western
Pencils	Frank Frazetta
Inks	Frank Frazetta
Reprinted	from Durango Kid #14

1 page text article "Frank Frazetta ME Checklist"

Letters

typeset

7 page Tim Holt story "The Return of the Black Phantom!"

Genre	Western
Pencils	Frank Bolle
Inks	Frank Bolle
Reprinted	fr. Tim Holt #38 (Oct-Nov 1953)

1 page Ghost Rider illustration "Pinup"

Genre	Western
Notes	one of these cover to #2

1 page Ghost Rider illustration "Pinup"

Genre

Western

1 page Lemonade Kid cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders #9"

Characters	Lemonade Kid
Genre	Western
Pencils	Frank Frazetta
Inks	Frank Frazetta
Reprinted	from Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #9

1 page Straight Arrow cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Straight Arrow #22"

Characters	Straight Arrow
Genre	western
Pencils	Frank Frazetta
Inks	Frank Frazetta
Reprinted	from Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #22

5 page Calico Kid story "untitled"

Characters	The Calico Kid
Genre	western
Script	Raymond C. Krank
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers
Reprinted	fr. Tim Holt #10

2 page Calico Kid story "Introducing the Ghost Rider"

Characters	The Calico Kid / Ghost Rider
Genre	western
Script	Raymond C. Krank
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers
Notes	condensed from original 6 pages
Reprinted	fr. Tim Holt #11

5 page Ghost Rider story "The Shadow Slayers!"

Characters	Ghost Rider
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers
Reprinted	fr. Tim Holt #33 (Dec 1952 - Jan 1953)

2 page text article "Dick Ayers ME Checklist"

Letters

typeset

1 page Ghost Rider illustration "Pinup"

Characters	Ghost Rider
Genre	Western
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers

7 page Lemonade Kid story "Crooks in Cactus"

Characters	Lemonade Kid
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell
Reprinted	from Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #1 (May-June 1950)

1 page text article "Bob Powell Bobby Benson B-Bar-B Riders Checklist"

Letters

typeset

3 page Straight Arrow story "The Painted Man"

Characters	Straight Arrow
Genre	western
Pencils	Ethan Roberts
Inks	Ethan Roberts
Notes	condensed from original 6 pages
Reprinted	from Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #55 (March 1956)

7 page Presto Kid story "The Birth of the Presto Kid"

Script	Carl Memling
Pencils	Dick Ayers
Inks	Dick Ayers
Reprinted	from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #52